Light propagation from subluminal to superluminal in a three-level Λ-type system

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• 作者：Sun ; Hui ; Guo ; Hong ; Bai ; Yanfeng ; Han ; Dingan ; Fan ; Shuangli ; Chen ; Xuzong
• 关键词：42.50.Gy ; 42.50.Hz ; 42.62.Fi ; Superluminal ; Subluminal ; Group velocity
• 刊名：Physics Letters A
• 出版年：2005
• 出版时间：January 31, 2005
• 年：2005
• 卷：335
• 期：1
• 页码：68-75
• 全文大小：161 K

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We show that the group velocity of a weak electromagnetic pulse can be manipulated by adjusting the relative phase of the probing and the pumping fields applied to a Λ-type three-level system, whose two lower states are coupled by an external control magnetic field. Such control field can, in principle, cause the light propagation to be changed from subluminal to superluminal by modulating the relative phase. The same effect can be obtained by varying the intensities of the pumping and the control magnetic fields, but it is different with Agarwal's [Phys. Rev. A 64 (2001) 053809]. The effect of Doppler broadening on the dispersion is also investigated.