Pushing the limits of negative group velocity

Distortion free negative group velocity pulse propagation is demonstrated in a rare-earth-ion-doped-crystal (RE) through the creation of a carefully designed spectral absorption structure in the inhomogeneous profile of Eu:YSO and subsequently inverting it. The properties of the RE system make it pa...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2024-06
Main Authors: Renders, Antonius J, Gustavsson, David, Lindén, Marcus, Walther, Andreas, Kröll, Stefan, Kinos, Adam, Rippe, Lars
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorption spectra
Distortion
Group velocity
Propagation velocity
Pulse propagation
Rare earth elements
Superluminal propagation
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Summary:Distortion free negative group velocity pulse propagation is demonstrated in a rare-earth-ion-doped-crystal (RE) through the creation of a carefully designed spectral absorption structure in the inhomogeneous profile of Eu:YSO and subsequently inverting it. The properties of the RE system make it particularly well suited for this since it supports the creation of very sharp, arbitrarily tailored spectral features, which can be coherently inverted by a single pulse thanks to the long coherence time of the transition. All together these properties allow for a large time advancement of pulses without causing distortion. A pulse advancement of 10.9% with respect to the pulse full-width-half-maximum was achieved corresponding to a time-bandwidth product of 0.05. This to our knowledge is the largest time-bandwidth product achieved, with negligible shape distortion and attenuation. Our results show that the rare-earth platform is a powerful test bed for superluminal propagation in particular and dispersion profile programming in general
ISSN:2331-8422