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arXiv:physics/9711011 · Optics Communications

Superluminal pulse transmission through a phase-conjugating mirror

M. Blaauboer, A.E. Kozhekin, A.G. Kofman, G. Kurizki, Daan Lenstra, A. Lodder

Published Mar 1, 1998• 6 citations
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10.1016/s0030-4018(97)00682-2

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