Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Generation of pulses with negative group velocities via four-wave mixing in 85Rb

Ryan T. Glasser, Paul D. Lett, Ulrich Vogl

Published Jan 1, 2012• 0 citations

Abstract

We generate pairs of superluminal pulses via four-wave mixing. A relative pulse peak advancement of the seed pulses of > 50% is demonstrated. Generated conjugate pulses can propagate with negative group velocities of up to v g = − 1 880 c.

DOI: 10.1364/qels.2012.qw1e.6

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