Abstract
We observe superluminal light propagation in an alexandrite crystal. Negative group velocities result from a narrow anti-hole in the homogeneously broadened absorption spectrum. The anti-hole is formed by coherent population oscillations in an inverse-saturable absorber.
© 2003 Optical Society of America
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