2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/91479We show that the propagation of light in a Doppler broadened medium can be slowed down considerably eventhough such medium exhibits very flat dispersion. The slowing down is achieved by the application of a saturating counter propagating beam that produces a hole in the inhomogeneous line shape. In atomic vapors, we calculate group indices of the order of 10^3. The calculations include all coherence effects.6 pages, 5 figuresQuantum Physicstext