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Measurements of Grain Motion in a Dense, Three-Dimensional Granular Fluid
We have used an NMR technique to measure the short-time, three-dimensional
displacement of grains in a system of mustard seeds vibrated vertically at 15g.
The technique averages over a time interval in which the grains move
ballistically, giving a direct measurement of the granular temperature profile.
The dense, lower portion of the sample is well described by a recent
hydrodynamic theory for inelastic hard spheres. Near the free upper surface the
mean free path is longer than the particle diameter and the hydrodynamic
description fails.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Slow light with integrated gain and large pulse delay
We demonstrate slow and stored light in Rb vapor with a combination of
desirable features: minimal loss and distortion of the pulse shape, and large
fractional delay (> 10). This behavior is enabled by: (i) a group index that
can be controllably varied during light pulse propagation; and (ii)
controllable gain integrated into the medium to compensate for pulse loss. Any
medium with the above two characteristics should be able to realize similarly
high-performance slow light.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures; abstract is shortened, some typo correcte
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