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Theoretical Study of Fast Light with Short sech Pulses in Coherent Gain Media

B. D. Clader, J. H. Eberly

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/0608219

Abstract

We investigate theoretically the phenomenon of so-called fast light in an unconventional regime, using pulses sufficiently short that relaxation effects in a gain medium can be ignored completely. We show that previously recognized gain instabilities, including superfluorescence, can be tolerated in achieving a pulse peak advance of one full peak width.

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