Anomalous Stimulated Brillouin Scattering via Ultraslow Light

A. B. Matsko; Y. V. Rostovtsev; M. Fleischhauer; M. O. Scully

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.2006

Anomalous Stimulated Brillouin Scattering via Ultraslow Light

A. B. Matsko, Y. V. Rostovtsev, M. Fleischhauer, and M. O. Scully

Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 2006 – Published 5 March 2001

Abstract

We study stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in an ultradispersive coherent 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.

Received 2 October 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.2006

Authors & Affiliations

A. B. Matsko, Y. V. Rostovtsev, M. Fleischhauer, and M. O. Scully

Department of Physics and Institute for Quantum Studies, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, D-85748 Garching, Germany