<p>Superluminal propagation of light in various materials has attracted tremendous research attention for fundamental and practical interest. This study is aimed at investigating the low-frequency off-resonance optical response, superluminal photon propagation, and optical drag through GaZnO, an innovative TCO (transparent conductor oxide) material. TCO materials are among the novel class of wideband optical materials, simultaneously showing high transparency and conductivity, leading to potential fundamental and practical device implications. Earlier, no study reported superluminal propagation of light and rotary photon drag in GaZnO in the low-frequency range. In particular, superluminal propagation of light and photon drag is studied employing the Drude-Lorentz model. The phenomenon of superluminal propagation is studied in light of negative/positive refractive index and group index that lead to superluminal phase velocity and group velocity. TCO nature of GaZnO is also justified in light of low absorption away from zero frequency, high DC real conductivity and high transmission coefficient. The findings may leads to potential applications in the advanced technology of laser and optics, photonics, optical communication systems, signal processing, and quantum information processing.</p>

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Low-frequency optical response, superluminal propagation, and optical drag in a transparent conductor oxide

  • Azmat Iqbal Bashir,
  • Maryam Sakhi

摘要

Superluminal propagation of light in various materials has attracted tremendous research attention for fundamental and practical interest. This study is aimed at investigating the low-frequency off-resonance optical response, superluminal photon propagation, and optical drag through GaZnO, an innovative TCO (transparent conductor oxide) material. TCO materials are among the novel class of wideband optical materials, simultaneously showing high transparency and conductivity, leading to potential fundamental and practical device implications. Earlier, no study reported superluminal propagation of light and rotary photon drag in GaZnO in the low-frequency range. In particular, superluminal propagation of light and photon drag is studied employing the Drude-Lorentz model. The phenomenon of superluminal propagation is studied in light of negative/positive refractive index and group index that lead to superluminal phase velocity and group velocity. TCO nature of GaZnO is also justified in light of low absorption away from zero frequency, high DC real conductivity and high transmission coefficient. The findings may leads to potential applications in the advanced technology of laser and optics, photonics, optical communication systems, signal processing, and quantum information processing.