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Optics

propagation of a light pulse with group velocity exceeding the vacuum speed of light or negative, produced by anomalous dispersion without violating causality.

In optics, fast light refers to propagation of a light pulse with group velocity exceeding the vacuum speed of light or negative, produced by anomalous dispersion without violating causality. This meaning comes from Wang (2000) in Nature.[1]

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References

Wang, L. J., Kuzmich, A., & Dogariu, A. (2000). Gain-assisted superluminal light propagation. Nature, 406(6793), 277-279. https://doi.org/10.1038/35018520

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