Slow light in Doppler-broadened two-level systems

被引：57

作者：

Agarwal, GS ^{[1
]}

Dey, TN ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Phys Res Lab, Ahmadabad 380009, Gujarat, India

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 2003年 / 68卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevA.68.063816

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We show that the propagation of light in a Doppler-broadened medium can be slowed down considerably even though such medium exhibits very flat dispersion. The slowing down is achieved by the application of a saturating counter propagating beam that produces a hole in the inhomogeneous line shape. In atomic vapors, we calculate group indices of the order of 10(3). The calculations include all coherence effects.

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