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Physical Review A

Propagation narrowing in the transmission of a light pulse through a spectral hole

Joseph H. Eberly, Sven R. Hartmann, A. Szabó

Published May 1, 1981• 31 citations
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Abstract

We comment on the spectral modification and temporal reshaping of a narrow-band light pulse propagating through an atomic absorber that has a still narrower spectral hole. The regime of propagation narrowing is distinguished from the regime of Beer's law.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.23.2502

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