Anomalous stimulated Brillouin scattering via ultraslow light

Authors
Matsko, AB Rostovtsev, YV Fleischhauer, M Scully, MO
Citation
Ab. Matsko et al., Anomalous stimulated Brillouin scattering via ultraslow light, PHYS REV L, 86(10), 2001, pp. 2006-2009
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
86
Issue
10
Year of publication
2001
Pages
2006 - 2009
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(20010305)86:10<2006:ASBSVU>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We study stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in an ultradispersive cohere nt medium, and show that the properties of SBS change drastically when the group velocity of light in the material approaches or becomes less than the speed of sound. In particular, forward SBS not allowed in a dispersionless bulk medium takes place in the coherent medium.