论文部分内容阅读
We have experimentally observed the reduction of light speed in a rubidium vapour medium coherently prepared by electromagnetically induced transparency.The light speed reduction was deduced by directly measuring the time delay of a probe light when it passed through the medium.The time delay varies with the intensity of the coupling laser,and the typical time delay we recorded was 1.8 μs,corresponding to a light speed of 56000m/s.