title: "Slow Light" in stimulated Brillouin scattering: on the influence of the spectral width of pump radiation on the group index: Reply.
abstract: We show that the claims in the Comment are misleading and in instances contradictory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK. v.kovalev@hw.ac.uk
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Kovalev
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Kotova
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Harrison