{"title":"Observation of superluminal pulse propagation in alexandrite","authors":"M. S. Bigelow, N. Lepeshkin, R. Boyd","doi":"10.1109/QELS.2003.238111","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We observe superluminal light propagation in an alexandrite crystal. Negative group velocities result from a narrow anti-hole in the homogeneously broadened absorption spectrum. The anti-hole is formed by coherent population oscillations in an inverse-saturable absorber.","PeriodicalId":20418,"journal":{"name":"Postconference Digest Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS.","volume":"100 1","pages":"2 pp.-"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2003-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Postconference Digest Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS.","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QELS.2003.238111","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We observe superluminal light propagation in an alexandrite crystal. Negative group velocities result from a narrow anti-hole in the homogeneously broadened absorption spectrum. The anti-hole is formed by coherent population oscillations in an inverse-saturable absorber.