Atomic absorbers for controlling pulse propagation in resonators. Academic Article

abstract

• We consider pulse propagation through a Fabry-Perot cavity with silver mirrors that contain macroscopic samples of resonant absorbers. We show that the pulse velocity can be tuned from subluminal to superluminal in a strongly coupled atom-cavity system. We delineate the effects of the interplay of cavity and absorbers. We demonstrate the saturation effects of pulse advancement with increasing mirror thickness and atomic damping.

authors

• Agarwal, Girish

published proceedings

• Opt Lett

author list (cited authors)

• Manga Rao, V., Dutta Gupta, S., & Agarwal, G. S.

citation count

• 52

complete list of authors

• Manga Rao, VSC||Dutta Gupta, Subhasish||Agarwal, Girish S

publication date

• February 2004

publisher

• Optica Publishing Group  Publisher

published in

• Optics Letters  Journal

keywords

• 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle And Plasma Physics

PubMed Central ID

• 14759060

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1364/ol.29.000307

start page

• 307

end page

• 309

volume

• 29

issue

• 3