Publications [#322483] of Daniel J. Gauthier

Papers Published

1. Stenner, MD; Gauthier, DJ, Quantum limits to superluminal advancement, Technical Digest Summaries of Papers Presented at the Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, Qels 2001 (January, 2001), pp. 9, Opt. Soc. America, ISBN 155752663X [doi]
   (last updated on 2019/07/17)

   Abstract:
   © 2001 Optical Soc. Of America. Summary form only given. Using intense electromagnetic fields, it is now possible to tailor the absorption, amplification, and dispersion properties of multi-level atoms. Dramatic examples include the reduction of the group velocity of a pulse of light to 17 m/s, and increasing the group velocity to values greater than c or even to negative values. The interpretation of a negative group velocity is that the peak of the pulse leaves the medium before it enters. We will discuss possible quantum limits to the advancement of the peak of a pulse propagating through a high-anomalous-dispersion medium and our experiments on pulses propagating through a dispersion-tailored potassium vapor.