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Acoustically Induced Transparancy for Gamma-Ray Photons and Some of Its' Applications

I. R. Khairulin, E. V. Radeonychev

Published Oct 11, 2024• 0 citations
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In this paper, we consider the effect of the emergence of transparency of a resonantly absorbing medium for electromagnetic radiation due to the excitation of piston-like acoustic oscillations of the medium along the direction of radiation propagation – acoustically induced transparency. The physical mechanism and basic conditions for the implementation of the effect are discussed, as well as its application to reduce the propagation velocity of gamma-ray photons and on-demand recovery of an arbitrary part of a single-photon wave packet resonantly absorbed in the medium.

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10.31857/s2686740024020052

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