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Propagation of two-dimensional pulses in electromagnetically induced transparency media

Per Arve, Peter Jänes, Lars Thylen

Published Jun 14, 2004• 41 citations

Abstract

The propagation in two dimensions of ``optical'' pulses in electromagnetically induced transparency media is analyzed. Results are presented for coupled Maxwell-Bloch equations with slowly varying envelope approximation, for both adiabatic and nonadiabatic situations. The possibility of changing the direction of the pulse by a switch of control beam direction is investigated in detail.

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.69.063809

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