Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 3162–3165 (1997)Recall and Creation of Spatial Excitation Distributions in Dielectric MediaReceived 20 January 1997; published in the issue dated 27 October 1997 We present an analytical theory for the optical properties of a novel three-level medium for which the degree of its initial excitation is a function of the position. The spatial distribution of the excitation can be imaged on the temporal profile of an electromagnetic signal that is created inside the medium when traversed by a cw-laser field. We propose an experimental scheme to generate arbitrary spatial excitations. © 1997 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.3162
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.3162
PACS:
42.65.Hw, 42.65.Re
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