Superluminal and slow light propagation in cold atoms

被引：83

作者：

Kang, H ^{[1
]}

Hernandez, G

Zhu, YF

机构：

[1] Florida Int Univ, Dept Phys, Miami, FL 33199 USA

[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Cold Atom Phys, Wuhan 430071, Peoples R China

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 2004年 / 70卷 / 01期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevA.70.011801

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

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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页码：011801 / 1

页数：4

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