We experimentally demonstrate the propagation of light pulse from subluminal to superluminal light based on quantum coher- ence in a degenerate two-level atomic system in a Cs vapor cell. It is shown that the group ve...We experimentally demonstrate the propagation of light pulse from subluminal to superluminal light based on quantum coher- ence in a degenerate two-level atomic system in a Cs vapor cell. It is shown that the group velocity of light pulse can be switched from subluminal to superluminal propagation via changing the coupling field from a traveling wave to a standing wave, while can also be continuously manipulated by varying the intensity of two waves superposed to form a standing wave. The observed maximum delay and advance times are about 0.45 and 0.54 μs, corresponding to the group velocity of v8 = 168 km/s and ve =-138 krrt/s, respectively. This investigation may have the practical applications of devices for optical tunable delay lines, optical switching and optical buffering.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11274210 and 61308121)the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(Grant No.20131401110013)the Undergraduate Student Innovative Experiment Program
文摘We experimentally demonstrate the propagation of light pulse from subluminal to superluminal light based on quantum coher- ence in a degenerate two-level atomic system in a Cs vapor cell. It is shown that the group velocity of light pulse can be switched from subluminal to superluminal propagation via changing the coupling field from a traveling wave to a standing wave, while can also be continuously manipulated by varying the intensity of two waves superposed to form a standing wave. The observed maximum delay and advance times are about 0.45 and 0.54 μs, corresponding to the group velocity of v8 = 168 km/s and ve =-138 krrt/s, respectively. This investigation may have the practical applications of devices for optical tunable delay lines, optical switching and optical buffering.
