Laguerre fields strength and beam waist-dependent superluminal propagation of light pulse in atomic medium

We address the superluminal propagation of light in a four-level atomic medium. The superluminal propagation of the probe field is controlled and modified by the strength and waists of control driving fields. Around the origin of Laguerre coordinates in the x, y plane, localized depth of absorption and localized peaks of dispersion are noticed. The localized depth of absorption and dispersion can be narrowed and broadened by changing the beam waist. Increasing the beam waist, we observed broadening in the width of localized absorption and dispersion. Negative group index from - 10 to - 20 and negative group velocity from - 0.06 to - 0.12 c are observed at the low beam waist. At high beam waist, group index and group velocity remain the same which shows superluminal behaviour in this region. The modified results show potential applications in gravitational wave detection, soliton radar system and speeding up computer processing.

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This study investigates the superluminal propagation of light in a four-level atomic medium. It is found that the superluminal propagation of the probe field can be controlled and modified by adjusting the strength and waists of control driving fields. The localized depth of absorption and dispersion are observed around the origin of Laguerre coordinates in the x, y plane. Changing the beam waist can narrow or broaden the localized depth of absorption and dispersion. At a low beam waist, negative group index and negative group velocity are observed, while at a high beam waist, group index and group velocity remain the same, indicating superluminal behavior. These findings have potential applications in gravitational wave detection, soliton radar systems, and computer processing acceleration.