Control of the Goos-Hänchen shift of a light beam via a coherent driving field
- 11 February 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 77 (2), 023811
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.77.023811
Abstract
We present a proposal to manipulate the Goos-Hänchen shift of a light beam via a coherent control field, which is injected into a cavity configuration containing the two-level atomic medium. It is found that the lateral shifts of the reflected and transmitted probe beams can be easily controlled by adjusting the intensity and detuning of the control field. Using this scheme, the lateral shift at the fixed incident angle can be enhanced (positive or negative) under the suitable conditions on the control field, without changing the structure of the cavity.Keywords
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