Coherent polaritons and Cerenkov radiation at subluminal speeds

T.E. Stevens; J.K. Wahlstrand; R. Merlin; J. Kuhl

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2001),
paper QWC4

Coherent polaritons and Cerenkov radiation at subluminal speeds

T.E. Stevens, J.K. Wahlstrand, R. Merlin, and J. Kuhl

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference 2001

Baltimore, Maryland United States
6–10 May 2001
ISBN: 1-55752-663-X

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T. E. Stevens, J. K. Wahlstrand, R. Merlin, and J. Kuhl, "Coherent polaritons and Cerenkov radiation at subluminal speeds," in Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, G. Agrawal, Y. Yamamoto, T. Norris, and J. Thomas, eds., OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2001), paper QWC4.

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Abstract

As shown by Auston and co-workers,¹ an ultrafast pulse moving in an electro-optic medium produces Cerenkov radiation (CR) if its group velocity, c, is greater than the phase velocity of light at infrared frequencies.

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