Abstract

We describe pulse propagation through a slab with periodic dielectric function ε(t), thus extending our previous investigation for monochromatic incidence [Phys. Rev. A 79, 053821 (2009)]. Based on the concepts of phase and group delays, we prove that, for an incident quasi-monochromatic pulse, the transmitted pulse can be expressed as a superposition of partial pulses that are exact replicas of the incident pulse and that exit the slab with a time delay. These partial pulses have harmonic carrier frequencies ωc – nΩ (n is an integer, ωc is the carrier frequency of the incident pulse, and Ω = 2π/T is the slab modulation frequency). We find numerically that these partial pulses can be fast (peak velocity vn > c or vn < 0) or slow (vn ≪ c). Further, we investigate the peak velocity vp of the outcoming pulse for several cases. We find that this peak velocity vp and the partial peak velocities vn do not diverge —as occurs to the group velocity vg of the bulk dynamic-periodic medium when ωc = Ω/2. We expect that these results could be verified in the microwave regime [see Halevi et al., Proc. SPIE 8095, 80950I (2011)].

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2011 (1)

2010 (4)

J. R. Zurita-Sánchez and P. Halevi, “Resonances in the optical response of a slab with time-periodic dielectric function ε(t),” Phys. Rev. A 81, 053834 (2010).
[Crossref]

T. Kampfrath, D. M. Beggs, T. P. White, A. Melloni, T. F. Krauss, and L. Kuipers, “Ultrafast adiabatic manipulation of slow light in a photonic crystal,” Phys. Rev. A 81, 043837 (2010).
[Crossref]

E. Poutrina, S. Larouche, and D. R. Smith, “Parametric oscillator based on a single-layer resonant metamaterial,” Opt. Comm. 283, 1640–1646 (2010).
[Crossref]

A. R. Katko, S. Gu, J. P. Barret, B.-I. Popa, G. Shvets, and S. A. Cummer, “Phase conjugation and negative refraction using nonlinear active metamaterials,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 123905 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2009 (2)

J. R. Zurita-Sánchez, P. Halevi, and J. C. Cervantes-González, “Reflection and transmission of a wave incident on a slab with a time-periodic dielectric function ε(t),” Phys. Rev. A 79, 053821 (2009).
[Crossref]

T. Tanabe, M. Notomi, H. Taniyama, and E. Kuramochi, “Dynamic release of trapped light from an ultrahigh-q nanocavity via adiabatic frequency tuning,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 043907 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2007 (4)

S. F. Preble, Q. Xu, and M. Lipson, “Changing the colour of light in a silicon resonator,” Nat. Photonics 1, 293–296 (2007).
[Crossref]

M. W. McCutcheon, A. G. Pattantyus-Abraham, G. W. Rieger, and J. F. Young, “Emission spectrum of electromagnetic energy stored in a dynamically perturbed optical microcavity,” Opt. Express 15, 11472–11480 (2007).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

F. Biancalana, A. Amann, A. V. Uskov, and E. P. O’Reilly, “Dynamics of light propagation in spatiotemporal dielectric structures,” Phys. Rev. E 75, 046607 (2007).
[Crossref]

V. J. Logeeswaran, A. N. Stameroff, M. S. Islam, W. Wu, A. M. Bratkovsky, P. J. Kuekes, S. Y. Wang, and R. S. Williams, “Switching between positive and negative permeability by photoconductive coupling for modulation of electromagnetic radiation,” Appl. Phys. A 87, 209–216 (2007).
[Crossref]

2006 (1)

W. J. Padilla, A. J. Taylor, C. Highstrete, M. Lee, and R. D. Averitt, “Dynamical electric and magnetic metamaterial response at terahertz frequencies,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 107401 (2006).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2005 (1)

2003 (1)

M. S. Bigelow, N. N. Lepeshkin, and R. W. Boyd, “Observation of ultraslow light propagation in a ruby crystal at room temperature,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 113903 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

2001 (1)

2000 (1)

L. J. Wang, A. Kuzmich, and A. Dogariu, “Gain-assisted superluminal light propagation,” Nature 406, 277–279 (2000).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

1999 (1)

L. V. Hau, S. E. Harris, Z. Dutton, and C. H. Behroozi, “Light speed reduction to 17 meters per second in an ultracold atomic gas,” Nature 397, 594–598 (1999).
[Crossref]

1995 (1)

M. Xiao, Y. Li, S. Jin, and J. Gea-Banacloche, “Measurement of dispersive properties of electromagnetically induced transparency in rubidium atoms,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 666–669 (1995).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

1991 (1)

1990 (1)

S. E. Harris, J. E. Field, and A. Imamoğlu, “Nonlinear optical processes using electromagnetically induced transparency,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1107–1110 (1990).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

1986 (2)

S. P. Tewari and G. S. Agarwal, “Control of phase matching and nonlinear generation in dense media by resonant fields,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 56, 1811–1814 (1986).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

P. Halevi, “Transit velocity of a pulse through a transparent plate,” Opt. Lett. 11, 759–760 (1986).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

1982 (1)

S. Chu and S. Wong, “Linear pulse propagation in an absorbing medium,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 48, 738–741 (1982).
[Crossref]

1970 (1)

C. G. B. Garrett and D. E. McCumber, “Propagation of a gaussian light pulse through an anomalous dispersion medium,” Phys. Rev. A 1, 305–313 (1970).
[Crossref]

Agarwal, G. S.

S. P. Tewari and G. S. Agarwal, “Control of phase matching and nonlinear generation in dense media by resonant fields,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 56, 1811–1814 (1986).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Agrawal, G. P.

Algredo-Badillo, U.

P. Halevi, U. Algredo-Badillo, and J. R. Zurita-Sánchez, “Optical response of a slab with time-periodic dielectric function ε(t): towards a dynamic metamaterial,” in Active Photonic Materials IV, G. S. Subramania and S. Foteinopoulou, eds., Proc. SPIE8095, 80950I (2011).

Amann, A.

F. Biancalana, A. Amann, A. V. Uskov, and E. P. O’Reilly, “Dynamics of light propagation in spatiotemporal dielectric structures,” Phys. Rev. E 75, 046607 (2007).
[Crossref]

Averitt, R. D.

W. J. Padilla, A. J. Taylor, C. Highstrete, M. Lee, and R. D. Averitt, “Dynamical electric and magnetic metamaterial response at terahertz frequencies,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 107401 (2006).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Barret, J. P.

A. R. Katko, S. Gu, J. P. Barret, B.-I. Popa, G. Shvets, and S. A. Cummer, “Phase conjugation and negative refraction using nonlinear active metamaterials,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 123905 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Beggs, D. M.

T. Kampfrath, D. M. Beggs, T. P. White, A. Melloni, T. F. Krauss, and L. Kuipers, “Ultrafast adiabatic manipulation of slow light in a photonic crystal,” Phys. Rev. A 81, 043837 (2010).
[Crossref]

Behroozi, C. H.

L. V. Hau, S. E. Harris, Z. Dutton, and C. H. Behroozi, “Light speed reduction to 17 meters per second in an ultracold atomic gas,” Nature 397, 594–598 (1999).
[Crossref]

Biancalana, F.

F. Biancalana, A. Amann, A. V. Uskov, and E. P. O’Reilly, “Dynamics of light propagation in spatiotemporal dielectric structures,” Phys. Rev. E 75, 046607 (2007).
[Crossref]

Bigelow, M. S.

M. S. Bigelow, N. N. Lepeshkin, and R. W. Boyd, “Observation of ultraslow light propagation in a ruby crystal at room temperature,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 113903 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Boyd, R. W.

M. S. Bigelow, N. N. Lepeshkin, and R. W. Boyd, “Observation of ultraslow light propagation in a ruby crystal at room temperature,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 113903 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

R. W. Boyd and D. J. Gauthier, “Slow and Fast Light,” in Progress in Optics, Vol. 43, E. Wolf, ed. (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2002), pp. 497–530.
[Crossref]

Bratkovsky, A. M.

V. J. Logeeswaran, A. N. Stameroff, M. S. Islam, W. Wu, A. M. Bratkovsky, P. J. Kuekes, S. Y. Wang, and R. S. Williams, “Switching between positive and negative permeability by photoconductive coupling for modulation of electromagnetic radiation,” Appl. Phys. A 87, 209–216 (2007).
[Crossref]

Cao, H.

Cervantes-González, J. C.

J. R. Zurita-Sánchez, P. Halevi, and J. C. Cervantes-González, “Reflection and transmission of a wave incident on a slab with a time-periodic dielectric function ε(t),” Phys. Rev. A 79, 053821 (2009).
[Crossref]

Chu, S.

S. Chu and S. Wong, “Linear pulse propagation in an absorbing medium,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 48, 738–741 (1982).
[Crossref]

Cummer, S. A.

A. R. Katko, S. Gu, J. P. Barret, B.-I. Popa, G. Shvets, and S. A. Cummer, “Phase conjugation and negative refraction using nonlinear active metamaterials,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 123905 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Dogariu, A.

Dutton, Z.

L. V. Hau, S. E. Harris, Z. Dutton, and C. H. Behroozi, “Light speed reduction to 17 meters per second in an ultracold atomic gas,” Nature 397, 594–598 (1999).
[Crossref]

Field, J. E.

S. E. Harris, J. E. Field, and A. Imamoğlu, “Nonlinear optical processes using electromagnetically induced transparency,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1107–1110 (1990).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Garrett, C. G. B.

C. G. B. Garrett and D. E. McCumber, “Propagation of a gaussian light pulse through an anomalous dispersion medium,” Phys. Rev. A 1, 305–313 (1970).
[Crossref]

Gauthier, D. J.

R. W. Boyd and D. J. Gauthier, “Slow and Fast Light,” in Progress in Optics, Vol. 43, E. Wolf, ed. (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2002), pp. 497–530.
[Crossref]

Gea-Banacloche, J.

M. Xiao, Y. Li, S. Jin, and J. Gea-Banacloche, “Measurement of dispersive properties of electromagnetically induced transparency in rubidium atoms,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 666–669 (1995).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Gu, S.

A. R. Katko, S. Gu, J. P. Barret, B.-I. Popa, G. Shvets, and S. A. Cummer, “Phase conjugation and negative refraction using nonlinear active metamaterials,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 123905 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Halevi, P.

J. R. Zurita-Sánchez and P. Halevi, “Resonances in the optical response of a slab with time-periodic dielectric function ε(t),” Phys. Rev. A 81, 053834 (2010).
[Crossref]

J. R. Zurita-Sánchez, P. Halevi, and J. C. Cervantes-González, “Reflection and transmission of a wave incident on a slab with a time-periodic dielectric function ε(t),” Phys. Rev. A 79, 053821 (2009).
[Crossref]

P. Halevi and L. D. Valenzuela, “Propagation of a broad light pulse through a plate,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 8, 1512–1515 (1991).
[Crossref]

P. Halevi, “Transit velocity of a pulse through a transparent plate,” Opt. Lett. 11, 759–760 (1986).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

P. Halevi, U. Algredo-Badillo, and J. R. Zurita-Sánchez, “Optical response of a slab with time-periodic dielectric function ε(t): towards a dynamic metamaterial,” in Active Photonic Materials IV, G. S. Subramania and S. Foteinopoulou, eds., Proc. SPIE8095, 80950I (2011).

Harris, S. E.

L. V. Hau, S. E. Harris, Z. Dutton, and C. H. Behroozi, “Light speed reduction to 17 meters per second in an ultracold atomic gas,” Nature 397, 594–598 (1999).
[Crossref]

S. E. Harris, J. E. Field, and A. Imamoğlu, “Nonlinear optical processes using electromagnetically induced transparency,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1107–1110 (1990).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Hau, L. V.

L. V. Hau, S. E. Harris, Z. Dutton, and C. H. Behroozi, “Light speed reduction to 17 meters per second in an ultracold atomic gas,” Nature 397, 594–598 (1999).
[Crossref]

Herráez, M. G.

Highstrete, C.

W. J. Padilla, A. J. Taylor, C. Highstrete, M. Lee, and R. D. Averitt, “Dynamical electric and magnetic metamaterial response at terahertz frequencies,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 107401 (2006).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Imamoglu, A.

S. E. Harris, J. E. Field, and A. Imamoğlu, “Nonlinear optical processes using electromagnetically induced transparency,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1107–1110 (1990).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Islam, M. S.

V. J. Logeeswaran, A. N. Stameroff, M. S. Islam, W. Wu, A. M. Bratkovsky, P. J. Kuekes, S. Y. Wang, and R. S. Williams, “Switching between positive and negative permeability by photoconductive coupling for modulation of electromagnetic radiation,” Appl. Phys. A 87, 209–216 (2007).
[Crossref]

Jin, S.

M. Xiao, Y. Li, S. Jin, and J. Gea-Banacloche, “Measurement of dispersive properties of electromagnetically induced transparency in rubidium atoms,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 666–669 (1995).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Kampfrath, T.

T. Kampfrath, D. M. Beggs, T. P. White, A. Melloni, T. F. Krauss, and L. Kuipers, “Ultrafast adiabatic manipulation of slow light in a photonic crystal,” Phys. Rev. A 81, 043837 (2010).
[Crossref]

Katko, A. R.

A. R. Katko, S. Gu, J. P. Barret, B.-I. Popa, G. Shvets, and S. A. Cummer, “Phase conjugation and negative refraction using nonlinear active metamaterials,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 123905 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Krauss, T. F.

T. Kampfrath, D. M. Beggs, T. P. White, A. Melloni, T. F. Krauss, and L. Kuipers, “Ultrafast adiabatic manipulation of slow light in a photonic crystal,” Phys. Rev. A 81, 043837 (2010).
[Crossref]

Kuekes, P. J.

V. J. Logeeswaran, A. N. Stameroff, M. S. Islam, W. Wu, A. M. Bratkovsky, P. J. Kuekes, S. Y. Wang, and R. S. Williams, “Switching between positive and negative permeability by photoconductive coupling for modulation of electromagnetic radiation,” Appl. Phys. A 87, 209–216 (2007).
[Crossref]

Kuipers, L.

T. Kampfrath, D. M. Beggs, T. P. White, A. Melloni, T. F. Krauss, and L. Kuipers, “Ultrafast adiabatic manipulation of slow light in a photonic crystal,” Phys. Rev. A 81, 043837 (2010).
[Crossref]

Kuramochi, E.

T. Tanabe, M. Notomi, H. Taniyama, and E. Kuramochi, “Dynamic release of trapped light from an ultrahigh-q nanocavity via adiabatic frequency tuning,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 043907 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Kuzmich, A.

Larouche, S.

E. Poutrina, S. Larouche, and D. R. Smith, “Parametric oscillator based on a single-layer resonant metamaterial,” Opt. Comm. 283, 1640–1646 (2010).
[Crossref]

Lee, M.

W. J. Padilla, A. J. Taylor, C. Highstrete, M. Lee, and R. D. Averitt, “Dynamical electric and magnetic metamaterial response at terahertz frequencies,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 107401 (2006).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Lepeshkin, N. N.

M. S. Bigelow, N. N. Lepeshkin, and R. W. Boyd, “Observation of ultraslow light propagation in a ruby crystal at room temperature,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 113903 (2003).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Li, Y.

M. Xiao, Y. Li, S. Jin, and J. Gea-Banacloche, “Measurement of dispersive properties of electromagnetically induced transparency in rubidium atoms,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 666–669 (1995).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Lipson, M.

S. F. Preble, Q. Xu, and M. Lipson, “Changing the colour of light in a silicon resonator,” Nat. Photonics 1, 293–296 (2007).
[Crossref]

Logeeswaran, V. J.

V. J. Logeeswaran, A. N. Stameroff, M. S. Islam, W. Wu, A. M. Bratkovsky, P. J. Kuekes, S. Y. Wang, and R. S. Williams, “Switching between positive and negative permeability by photoconductive coupling for modulation of electromagnetic radiation,” Appl. Phys. A 87, 209–216 (2007).
[Crossref]

Maywar, D. N.

McCumber, D. E.

C. G. B. Garrett and D. E. McCumber, “Propagation of a gaussian light pulse through an anomalous dispersion medium,” Phys. Rev. A 1, 305–313 (1970).
[Crossref]

McCutcheon, M. W.

Melloni, A.

T. Kampfrath, D. M. Beggs, T. P. White, A. Melloni, T. F. Krauss, and L. Kuipers, “Ultrafast adiabatic manipulation of slow light in a photonic crystal,” Phys. Rev. A 81, 043837 (2010).
[Crossref]

Notomi, M.

T. Tanabe, M. Notomi, H. Taniyama, and E. Kuramochi, “Dynamic release of trapped light from an ultrahigh-q nanocavity via adiabatic frequency tuning,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 043907 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

O’Reilly, E. P.

F. Biancalana, A. Amann, A. V. Uskov, and E. P. O’Reilly, “Dynamics of light propagation in spatiotemporal dielectric structures,” Phys. Rev. E 75, 046607 (2007).
[Crossref]

Padilla, W. J.

W. J. Padilla, A. J. Taylor, C. Highstrete, M. Lee, and R. D. Averitt, “Dynamical electric and magnetic metamaterial response at terahertz frequencies,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 107401 (2006).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Papoulis, A.

A. Papoulis, Signal Analysis (McGraw-Hill, Tokio, 1977).

Pattantyus-Abraham, A. G.

Popa, B.-I.

A. R. Katko, S. Gu, J. P. Barret, B.-I. Popa, G. Shvets, and S. A. Cummer, “Phase conjugation and negative refraction using nonlinear active metamaterials,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 123905 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Poutrina, E.

E. Poutrina, S. Larouche, and D. R. Smith, “Parametric oscillator based on a single-layer resonant metamaterial,” Opt. Comm. 283, 1640–1646 (2010).
[Crossref]

Preble, S. F.

S. F. Preble, Q. Xu, and M. Lipson, “Changing the colour of light in a silicon resonator,” Nat. Photonics 1, 293–296 (2007).
[Crossref]

Rieger, G. W.

Shvets, G.

A. R. Katko, S. Gu, J. P. Barret, B.-I. Popa, G. Shvets, and S. A. Cummer, “Phase conjugation and negative refraction using nonlinear active metamaterials,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 123905 (2010).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Smith, D. R.

E. Poutrina, S. Larouche, and D. R. Smith, “Parametric oscillator based on a single-layer resonant metamaterial,” Opt. Comm. 283, 1640–1646 (2010).
[Crossref]

Song, K. Y.

Stameroff, A. N.

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Fig. 1

Incident and transmitted pulses as a function of the normalized time t̃ for a slab with normalized modulation frequency Ω̃ = 2. (a) The incident electric pulse Ei with carrier frequency ωc/Ω = 0.5 and spectral bandwidth Δω/Ω = 0.1. (b) The transmitted pulse for a modulation strength M = 0.162. (c) The transmitted pulse for a modulation strength M = 0.648. Here ωcτ = 10 and ts Δω = 0.2.

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Incident and transmitted pulses as a function of the normalized time t̃ for a slab with normalized modulation frequency Ω̃ = 8 and modulation strength M = 0.648. (a) The incident electric pulse Ei with carrier frequency ωc/Ω = 0.67 and spectral bandwidth Δω/Ω = 0.1. (b) The transmitted pulse. Here ωcτ = 13.4 and ts Δω = 0.8.

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Fig. 3

Incident and transmitted pulses as a function of the normalized time t̃ for a slab with normalized modulation frequency Ω̃ = 8 and modulation strength M = 0.648. (a) The incident electric pulse Ei with carrier frequency ωc/Ω = 0.67 and spectral bandwidth Δω/Ω = 0.01. (b) The transmitted pulse (inset shows the whole pulse). Here ωcτ = 134 and ts Δω = 0.08.

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Fig. 4

Incident and transmitted pulses vs. the normalized time t̃ for M = 0.162 (moderate modulation) and M = 0.648 (strong modulation). The incident Gaussian pulse has a large bandwidth Δω/Ω = 5 and carrier frequency ωc/Ω = 5, and the normalized time t̃ is taken with respect to Ω̃ = 2. (a) Ω̃ = 2 and ts Δω = 10. (b) Ω̃ = 8 and ts Δω = 40 (the inset is a closeup of the second pulse). Here ωcτ = 2.

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Fig. 5

Peak velocity of a Gaussian pulse with carrier frequency ωc/Ω = 0.5, as a function of the normalized thickness ( Ω ε ¯ / c)D for weak (M = 0.016) and strong (M = 0.648) modulations with Δω/Ω = 0.1, strong modulation with reduced spectral width Δω/Ω = 0.1, and a static case. For the static case M = 0 we consider a wide pulse in time with τ ≫ D/vs. The inset is the bulk dispersion relation [normalized frequency ω/Ω vs. normalized wavevector k c / ( Ω ε ¯ )] for the strong modulation as in Ref. [12].

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Table 1 The characteristics of the outcoming partial Gaussian pulses [Eq. (24)] for the harmonic n and modulation strength M = 0.648 (strong). Incident Gaussian pulse with carrier frequency ωc/Ω = 0.5 and spectral width Δω/Ω = 0.1; slab with normalized modulation frequency Ω̃ = 2. Here ωcτ = 10 and ts Δω = 0.2.

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Table 2 The characteristics of the outcoming partial Gaussian pulses [Eq. (24)] for the harmonic n and modulation strength M = 0.648 (strong). Incident Gaussian pulse with carrier frequency ωc/Ω = 0.67 and spectral width Δω/Ω = 0.01; slab with normalized modulation frequency Ω̃ = 8. Here ωcτ = 134 and ts Δω = 0.08.

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Table 3 Sum of the reflectance and transmittance (�� + ��) for incident Gaussian pulses with carrier frequency ωc/Ω = 0.5 and 1 and spectral width Δω/Ω = 0.1; a normalized modulation frequency Ω̃ = 2, and modulation strengths M = 0.016 (weak), 0.162 (moderate), and 0.648 (strong).

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E i ( y , t ) = ∫ − ∞ ∞ E o ( ω ) exp [ i ω ( y / c − t ) ] d ω ,
E o ( ω ) = 1 2 π ∫ − ∞ ∞ E i ( 0 , t ) exp ( i ω t ) d ω .
E s ( y , t ) = ∑ p = 1 ∞ ∑ n = − ∞ ∞ ∫ − ∞ ∞ { A p ( ω ) exp [ i k p ( ω ) y ] + B p ( ω ) exp [ − i k p ( ω ) y ] } × e p n ( ω ) exp [ − i ( ω − n Ω ) t ] d ω ,
E r ( y , t ) = ∑ n = − ∞ ∞ ∫ − ∞ ∞ E n r ( ω ) exp [ − i ( ω − n Ω ) ( y / c + t ) ] d ω ,
E t ( y , t ) = ∑ n = − ∞ ∞ ∫ − ∞ ∞ E n t ( ω ) exp { i ( ω − n Ω ) [ ( y − D ) / c − t ] } d ω .
E r ( 0 , t ) = ∑ n = − ∞ ∞ ∫ − ∞ ∞ r n ( ω ) E o ( ω ) exp [ − i ( ω − n Ω ) t ] d ω ,
E t ( D , t ) = ∑ n = − ∞ ∞ ∫ − ∞ ∞ t n ( ω ) E o ( ω ) exp [ − i ( ω − n Ω ) t ] d ω ,
E i ( y = 0 , t ) = 𝒠 ( t ) exp ( − i ω c t ) .
E o ( α + ω c ) = 𝒠 ˜ ( α ) ,
𝒠 ˜ ( α ) = 1 2 π ∫ − ∞ ∞ 𝒠 ( t ) exp ( i α t ) d t .
E t ( y = D , t ) = ∑ n = − ∞ ∞ exp [ − i ( ω c − n Ω ) t ] ∫ − ∞ ∞ t n ( ω c + α ) 𝒠 ˜ ( α ) exp [ − i α t ] d α .
t n ( ω ) = A n ( ω ) exp [ i ϕ n ( ω ) ] ,
| α | = | ω − ω c | ≪ ω c .
t n ( ω c + α ) ≈ A n ( ω c ) exp [ i ϕ n ( ω c ) ] + [ A n ′ ( ω c ) + i ϕ n ′ ( ω c ) A n ( ω c ) ] exp [ i ϕ n ( ω c ) ] α .
| A n ′ ( ω c ) A n ( ω c ) | ≪ | ϕ n ′ ( ω c ) | .
t n ( ω c + α ) ≈ A n ( ω c ) exp [ i ϕ ( ω c ) ] [ 1 + i ϕ n ′ ( ω c ) α ] ≈ t n ( ω c ) exp [ i ϕ n ′ ( ω c ) α ] .
E t ( y = D , t ) = ∑ n = − ∞ ∞ A n ( ω c ) exp { − i [ ( ω c − n Ω ) t − ϕ n ( ω c ) ] } × ∫ − ∞ ∞ 𝒠 ˜ ( α ) exp { − i α [ t − ϕ n ′ ( ω c ) ] } d α , = ∑ n = − ∞ ∞ t n ( ω c ) exp [ − i ( ω c − n Ω ) t ] 𝒠 [ t − ϕ n ′ ( ω c ) ] .
v n = D / ϕ n ′ ( ω c ) .
E i ( y , t ) = exp [ − ( y − c t ) 2 / ( c 2 τ 2 ) ] cos [ ω c ( y / c − t ) ] ,
E o ( ω ) = τ 4 π { exp [ − τ 2 ( ω − ω c ) 2 / 4 ] + exp [ − τ 2 ( ω + ω c ) 2 / 4 ] } ,
ε ( t ) = ε ¯ [ 1 + M sin ( Ω t ) ] ,
Ω ˜ = Ω t s = Ω ε ¯ D / c
t ˜ = t / t s = t c / ( ε ¯ D ) ,
E n t ( D , t ˜ ) = A n ( ω ^ c ) exp [ − t s 2 ( t ˜ − Δ τ ˜ n ) 2 / τ 2 ] cos [ ( ω ^ c − n ) Ω ˜ t ˜ − ϕ n ( ω ^ c ) ] ,
v p = v s [ 2 ε ¯ 1 + ε ¯ cos 2 ( ω c ε ¯ D / c ) + 1 + ε ¯ 2 ε ¯ sin 2 ( ω c ε ¯ D / c ) ] .
ℛ ( 𝒯 ) = ∫ − ∞ ∞ | A r ( t ) ( ω ) | 2 d ω / ∫ − ∞ ∞ | E o ( ω ) | 2 d ω .
A r ( ω ) = ∑ n = − ∞ ∞ r n ( ω + n Ω ) E o ( ω + n Ω ) ,           A t ( ω ) = ∑ n = − ∞ ∞ t n ( ω + n Ω ) E o ( ω + n Ω ) .

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