March 2010
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Coherent response to optical excitation in a strongly absorbing rare-earth ion-doped crystal
J. Ruggiero et al. report a study of the propagation of optical pulses in a strongly absorbing rare-earth doped crystal. The experiment on the area theorem is state of the art and is complemented by high-quality theoretical analysis. The research is interesting from a fundamental point of view and may be useful in the context of optical quantum storage. The paper is well written and should be accessible to a wide audience.
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Coherent response to optical excitation in a strongly absorbing rare-earth ion-doped crystal
J. Ruggiero, T. Chanelière, and J.-L. Le Gouët
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 27(1) 32-37 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF