Slow-light optical buffers: Capabilities and fundamental limitations

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4046-4066

  Tucker, Rodney S ^a   Ku, Pei Cheng ^b   Chang Hasnain, Constance J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT); Optical delay lines; Optical memories; Optical propagation in dispersive media; Photonic crystals (PCs)Slow light

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PACKET NETWORKS; TRANSPARENCY;

ELECTROMAGNETICALLY INDUCED TRANSPARENCY (EIT); OPTICAL DELAY LINES; OPTICAL PROPAGATION IN DISPERSIVE MEDIA; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL (PC) FILTERS; POPULATION OSCILLATIONS; SLOW-LIGHT OPTICAL BUFFERS; WAVEGUIDE LOSSES;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 31344455166     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.853125     Document Type: Article

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