Simulation of Slow Light with Electronics Circuits

We present an electronic circuit which simulates wave propagation in dispersive media. The circuit is an array of phase shifter composed of operational amplifiers and can be described with a discretized version of one-dimensional wave equation for envelopes. The group velocity can be changed both spatially and temporarily. It is used to emulate slow light or stopped light, which has been realized in a medium with electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). The group-velocity control of optical pulses is expected to be a useful tool in the field of quantum information and communication.Comment: The following article has been submitted to the American Journal of Physics. After it is published, it will be found at http://scitation.aip.org/ajp (7 pages, 7 figures

Demonstration of negative group delays in a simple electronic circuit

We present a simple electronic circuit which produces negative group delays for base-band pulses. When a band-limited pulse is applied as the input, a forwarded pulse appears at the output. The negative group delays in lumped systems share the same mechanism with the superluminal light propagation, which is recently demonstrated in an absorption-free, anomalous dispersive medium [Wang et al., Nature 406, 277 (2000)]. In this circuit, the advance time more than twenty percent of the pulse width can easily be achieved. The time constants, which can be in the order of seconds, is slow enough to be observed with the naked eye by looking at the lamps driven by the pulses.Comment: 6pages,8 figure

Generation of photon pairs using polarization-dependent two-photon absorption

We propose a new method for generating photon pairs from coherent light using polarization-dependent two-photon absorption. We study the photon statistics of two orthogonally polarized modes by solving a master equation, and show that when we prepare a coherent state in one polarization mode, photon pairs are created in the other mode. The photon pairs have the same frequency as that of the incident light.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, submitted to PR