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Manipulating light flow with one-dimensional photonic crystals of an electromagnetically induced transparency medium

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The band structures and equifrequency contours of one-dimensional photonic crystals (PCs), which consist of an electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) medium and a common dielectric medium, can be dramatically changed by tuning the coupling field intensity (or coupling Rabi frequency, CRF) of the EIT medium. It is found that for a probe light at a fixed frequency, either positive or negative refraction in the EIT PC can be realized with a proper CRF. The behavior of a Gaussian beam (probe light) obliquely incident on such an EIT PC slab is simulated numerically. The probe light beam transmitted from the slab can be shifted transversely in a large range, and negative refraction enhances this effect. The present scenario can be applied in some areas such as quantum optical and photonic device designs.

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    Yu Qian Ye, Jian Qi Shen & Yi Jin

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Ye, Y.Q., Shen, J.Q. & Jin, Y. Manipulating light flow with one-dimensional photonic crystals of an electromagnetically induced transparency medium. Appl. Phys. A 93, 505–509 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-008-4850-2

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