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arxiv physics/0008013 v4 pith:Y6YCGZV3 submitted 2000-08-05 physics.optics

Negative Group Velocity

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keywords mediumbeengroupnegativepulsevelocityadvanceamplify
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The group velocity for pulses in an optical medium can be negative at frequencies between those of a pair of laser-pumped spectral lines. The gain medium then can amplify the leading edge of a pulse resulting in a time advance of the pulse when it exits the medium, as has been recently demonstrated in the laboratory. This effect has been called superluminal, but, as a classical analysis shows, it cannot result in signal propgation at speeds greater than that of light in vacuum.

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