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View SchemaChasing 'Slow Light'
| Authors | E. B. Aleksandrov, V. S. Zapasskii |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0602186 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0602186 |
| DOI | 10.1070/PU2006v049n10ABEH006056 |
Abstract
A critical review of experimental studies of the so-called 'slow light' arising due to anomalously high steepness of the refractive index dispersion under conditions of electromagnetically induced transparency or coherent population oscillations is presented. It is shown that a considerable amount of experimental evidence for observation of the 'slow light' is not related to the low group velocity of light and can be easily interpreted in terms of a standard model of interaction of light with a saturable absorber.
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