Title :
Superluminal light propagation through a diode-pumped Nd:YVO4crystal
Author :
Panov, Roman A. ; Novikov, Anton A. ; Zinoviev, Andrey P. ; Antipov, Oleg L.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Phys., Russian Acad. of Sci., Nizhny Novgorod
Abstract :
The group velocity of optical pulse in an amplifier in the presence of population oscillations was studied both theoretically and experimentally. The superluminal propagation of harmonically modulated light was measured in a diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 crystal
Keywords :
laser beams; optical materials; optical modulation; optical pumping; solid lasers; superradiance; YVO4:Nd; diode-pumped crystal; harmonically modulated light; laser amplifier; optical pulse group velocity; population oscillations; superluminal light propagation; Diodes; Optical amplifiers; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Optical solitons; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549169