Slow Light in Doppler Broadened Two level Systems
arXiv:quant-ph/0310012 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.68.063816
Abstract
We show that the propagation of light in a Doppler broadened medium can be slowed down considerably eventhough such medium exhibits very flat dispersion. The slowing down is achieved by the application of a saturating counter propagating beam that produces a hole in the inhomogeneous line shape. In atomic vapors, we calculate group indices of the order of 10^3. The calculations include all coherence effects.
6 pages, 5 figures