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Adiabatic pulse propagation in coherent atomic media with the tripod level configuration

Quantum Physics 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

We investigate the problem of propagation of three-component resonant light pulses with adiabatically varying amplitudes through a medium consisting of atoms with the tripod level configuration. By means of both analytic and numerical methods we found the two modes of shape-preserving pulse propagation. The pulse propagation velocity is found to be either equal to the speed of light or significantly slowed down, depending on a particular propagation mode.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0407173,
  title  = {Adiabatic pulse propagation in coherent atomic media with the tripod level configuration},
  author = {I. E. Mazets},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0407173},
  year   = {2009}
}

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revtex, 7 pages, 4 figures