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Photonics and Micro- and Nano-structured Materials

Superluminal pulse propagation in a non-linear L-type atomic medium

V. O. Chaltykyan, Gayane Grigoryan, Claude Leroy, Y. Pashayan-Leroy, S. Guérin, Hans Rudolf Jauslin

Published Dec 22, 2011• 0 citations
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Abstract

Propagation of two optical pulses in a non-linear Λ-type atomic medium is considered. The analytical solution to the self-consistent Maxwell-Schrodinger equations in the adiabatic following condition is obtained. Superluminal effects during propagation of pulses in the medium are studied.
DOI
10.1117/12.923332

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