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Phys. Rev. A 65, 011802(R) (2001) [4 pages]

Slow-light pulses in moving media

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J. Fiurášek1,2, U. Leonhardt1, and R. Parentani3
1School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9SS, Scotland
2Department of Optics, Palacký University, 17 Listopadu 50, 772 07 Olomouc, Czech Republic
3Laboratoire de Mathématiques et Physique Théorique, CNRS UPRES A 6083, Université de Tours, 37200 Tours, France

Received 7 September 2001; published 12 December 2001

Slow light in moving media reaches a counterintuitive regime when the flow speed of the medium approaches the group velocity of light. Pulses can penetrate a region where a counterpropagating flow exceeds the group velocity. When the counterflow slows down, pulses are reflected.

© 2001 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.65.011802
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.65.011802
PACS:
42.50.Gy, 03.30.+p
 
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