• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 3, Issue 0s, 354 (2005)
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Author Affiliations
  • State Key Laboratory of Tunable Laser Technology, Institute of Opto-Electronics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001
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    [in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese], "Slowdown the light speed in an alexandrite crystal," Chin. Opt. Lett. 3, 354 (2005) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We have observed a hole in the absorption profile of the homogeneously broadened absorption band of an Alexandrite crystal. With the spectral hole-burning technique that resulting from the periodic modulation of the ground state population at the beat frequency between the pump and the probe fields, we observed the slowdown the light propagation with the group velocity as slow as 12.5 m/s at room temperature. And the group velocity in the Alexandrite crystal depends on the amplitude modulation frequency, the power of laser beam and the orientation of the crystal lattice. The lower frequency or higher power leads to slower group velocity of light.