• DocumentCode
    1692589
  • Title

    Superluminal images and the arrival of spatial information in optical pulses with negative group velocity

  • Author

    Vogl, Ulrich ; Glasser, Ryan T. ; Lett, Paul D.

  • Author_Institution
    Joint Quantum Inst., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol. & the Univ. of Maryland, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We generate superluminal pulses via four-wave-mixing in 85Rb vapor and imprint images on the pulses. This allows us to resolve experimentally the arrival time of the spatial information imprinted on the pulses.
  • Keywords
    light propagation; multiwave mixing; optical pulse generation; quantum optics; rubidium; Rb; arrival time; negative group velocity; spatial information; superluminal pulses; Bandwidth; Dispersion; Educational institutions; Four-wave mixing; Laser excitation; NIST; Optical pulses;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6327147