Ultra-slow and superluminal light propagation in solids at room temperature

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 16, Issue 46, 2004, Pages

  Bigelow, M S ^a,b   Lepeshkin, N N ^a   Boyd, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; MIRRORS; OPTICAL PUMPING;

INVERSION SITES; OPTICAL RESONANCE; SUPERLUMINAL GROUP VELOCITIES;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 9944259562     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/16/46/R01     Document Type: Review

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