Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

Large Fizeau’s light-dragging effect in a moving electromagnetically induced transparent medium

  • Pei-Chen Kuan,
  • Chang Huang,
  • Wei Sheng Chan,
  • Sandoko Kosen,
  • Shau-Yu Lan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13030
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Phase velocity of light can be slowed down when passing through a moving medium. Here the authors demonstrate a light dragging effect enhanced by three orders of magnitude over previous reports by using electromagnetically induced transparency in cold Rubidium atoms and utilize this effect for motion sensors.