Material slow and fast light in a zero-dispersion configuration
Optics
2020-09-21 v2
Abstract
We study the propagation of light pulses in an absorbing medium when the frequency of their carrier coincides with a zero of the refractive index dispersion. Although slow light and, a fortiori, fast light are not expected in such conditions, we show that both can be obtained by selecting particular phase-components of the transmitted field. Analytical expressions of the resulting signals are obtained by a procedure of periodic continuation of the incident pulse and a proof of principle of the predicted phenomena is performed by means of a very simple electrical network, the transfer function of which mimics that of the medium.
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@article{arxiv.1904.05038,
title = {Material slow and fast light in a zero-dispersion configuration},
author = {Bruno Macke and Bernard Ségard},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.05038},
year = {2020}
}