A four level double lambda-type atomic configuration is extended to polychromatic pump fields driven from the ground to the same excited hyperfine sublevel. Multiple superluminal regions are observed in the gain peak regions and between the two pairs of gain peak regions. Furthermore, the effect of cross Kerr nonlinearity is introduced in the system by applying an additional driving field. Large enhancement in the superluminality is observed as compared to the previously observed superluminality without the Kerr nonlinearity. The results clearly show a small negative group velocity of −0.72 m s −1 with a negative time delay of −42.2 ms in the presence of the Kerr field. In this connection, useful theoretical techniques are presented for the enhancement of slow and fast light propagation. This generalized model is adjustable with the current applied technologies of cloaking devices and spacial mode images.
We propose a four-level experimental N-type atomic configuration to observe the propagation of a light pulse in a spinning dispersive medium. In this model a fast propagating light pulse is observed in which the polarization states of the light and their transmitted images are rotated in the opposite direction to the spinning medium. We investigate the effects of Doppler broadening and Kerr nonlinearity on fast light propagation in a spinning medium. Doppler broadening and Kerr nonlinearity strongly influence the rotation of the polarization states of the light and images of fast light in a spinning medium. A pulse of group velocity −c/2000.5 ms −1 is enhanced to −c/80000 ms −1 due to the the Kerr effect and a significant increase is observed in the rotation of the polarization states of the light and images. At a specific parameter, a 25% fraction change is observed due to the Kerr effect. These results provide different rotation states for image coding.
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