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Velocities of Light in a Dispersive Medium


Speaker:Prof. DU Shengwang
Affiliation:Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong
Date:November 11, 2009 (Wed)
Time:4:00-5:00 p.m.
Venue:Room 522, 5/F, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building, HKU

Abstract:

In this talk, I will discuss the difference among the velocities of light in a dispersive medium: phase velocity, group velocity, and information velocity, as well as our recent experimental result.

 

Coffee and tea will be served 20 minutes prior to the seminar.


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