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arXiv:quant-ph/0604159 · Optics Letters

Fast light in fully coherent gain media

B. D. Clader, Q‐Han Park, Joseph H. Eberly

Published Sep 11, 2006• 10 citations
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Abstract

We analyze the propagation of fast-light pulses through a finite-length resonant gain medium both analytically and numerically. We find that intrinsic instabilities can be avoided in attaining a substantial peak advance with an ultrashort rather than a long or adiabatic probe.
DOI
10.1364/ol.31.002921

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