Which group velocity of light in a dispersive medium?

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2008-10-01

arxiv.org/abs/0810.0282v1

Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2011) 126 : 6

Physics

Optics

To be submitted on PRL

Scientific paper

10.1140/epjp/i2011-11006-0

The interaction between a light pulse, traveling in air, and a generic linear, non-absorbing and dispersive structure is analyzed. It is shown that energy conservation imposes a constraint between the group velocities of the transmitted and reflected light pulses. It follows that the two fields propagate with group velocities depending on the dispersive properties of the environment (air) and on the transmission properties of the optical structure, and are one faster and the other slower than the incident field. In other words, the group velocity of a light pulse in a dispersive medium is reminiscent of previous interactions. One example is discussed in detail.

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