Published July 2004
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Journal article
Superluminal and slow light propagation in cold atoms
- 1. Department of Physics, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199 (United States)
- 2. Center for Cold Atom Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071 (China)
Description
The group velocity of a light pulse propagating through a four-level system exhibiting electromagnetically induced transparency can be manipulated by a pump laser. The pump laser induces the large optical nonlinearities with steep normal or anomalous dispersion. We present experimental measurements that demonstrate both slow and superluminal light propagation in cold Rb atoms
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. A
- Journal Volume
- 70
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 011801-011801.4
- ISSN
- 1050-2947
- CODEN
- PLRAAN
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 36084868
- Subject category
- S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ATOMS; LASER RADIATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; OPACITY; OPTICAL PUMPING; PULSES; RUBIDIUM; VELOCITY; VISIBLE RADIATION
- Descriptors DEC
- ALKALI METALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTS; METALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PUMPING; RADIATIONS; TRANSMISSION
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- Notes
- (c) 2004 The American Physical Society