Matthew Bigelow Publications

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  1. Theoretical model for superluminal and slow light in erbium-doped optical fibers: enhancement of the frequency response by pump modulation
    D. J. Jackson, Aaron Schweinsberg, N. N. Lepeshkin, Matthew S. Bigelow, and Robert W. Boyd
    Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, 107(3) , pp. 717 -732  (2012). View PDF | View Online
  2. Observation of superluminal and slow light propagation in erbium-doped optical fiber
    Aaron Schweinsberg, N. N. Lepeshkin, Matthew S. Bigelow, Robert W. Boyd, and D. J. Jackson
    Europhys. Lett. 73 (2) , pp. 218 -224  (2006). View PDF
  3. Propagation of smooth and discontinuous pulses through materials with very large or very small group velocities
    Matthew S. Bigelow, N. N. Lepeshkin, Heedeuk Shin, and Robert W. Boyd
    Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 18 , pp. 3117 -3126  (2006). View PDF
  4. Tunable All-Optical Delays via Brillouin Slow Light in an Optical Fiber
    Yoshitomo Okawachi, Matthew S. Bigelow, Jay E. Sharping, Zhaoming Zhu, Aaron Schweinsberg, Daniel J. Gauthier, Robert W. Boyd, and Alexander L. Gaeta
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 , p. 153902  (2005).
  5. Breakup of Ring Beams Carrying Orbital Angular Momentum in Sodium Vapor
    Matthew S. Bigelow, Petros Zerom, and Robert W. Boyd
    Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 92 (2004). View PDF
  6. Superluminal and Ultra-Slow Light Propagation in Room-Temperature Solids
    Robert W. Boyd, Matthew S. Bigelow, and N. N. Lepeshkin
    Laser Spectroscopy, Proceedings of the XVI Internation Conference , pp. 362 -364  (2004). View PDF
  7. Superluminal and Slow Light Propagation in a Room-Temperature Solid
    Matthew S. Bigelow, N. N. Lepeshkin, and Robert W. Boyd
    Superluminal and Slow Light Propagation in a Room-Temperature Solid , pp. 200 -204  (2003). View PDF | View Online
  8. Superluminal and Ultra-Slow Light Propagation in Room-Temperature Solids
    Matthew S. Bigelow, N. N. Lepeshkin, and Robert W. Boyd
    Science, Vol. 301 (2003). View PDF
  9. Observation of Ultraslow Light Propagation in a Ruby Crystal at Room Temperature
    Matthew S. Bigelow, N. N. Lepeshkin, and Robert W. Boyd
    Physical Review Letters, Vol. 90, No. 11 (2003). View PDF
  10. Stabilization of the Propagation of Spatial Solitons
    Matthew S. Bigelow, Q-Han Park, and Robert W. Boyd
    Physical Review E, Volume 66 , p. Article No. 046631  (2002). View PDF