Slow-light pulses in moving media
Quantum Physics
2009-11-06 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
Slow light in moving media reaches a paradoxical regime when the flow speed of the medium approaches the group velocity of light. Pulses can penetrate a region where a counter-propagating flow exceeds the group velocity. When the counter-flow slows down pulses are reflected.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0011100,
title = {Slow-light pulses in moving media},
author = {J. Fiurasek and U. Leonhardt and R. Parentani},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0011100},
year = {2009}
}