Slow light based on coherent population oscillation in quantum dots at room temperature

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 196-205

  Chang, Shu Wei ^a   Kondratko, Piotr Konrad ^a   Su, Hui ^a   Chuang, Shun Lien ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherent population oscillation; Quantum dots (qds); Quantum optics; Slow light

Indexed keywords

COHERENT POPULATION OSCILLATION; COHERENT POPULATIONS; GROUP INDEX; INJECTION CURRENTS; PUMP-AND-PROBE; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOTS; QUANTUM DOTS (QDS); ROOM TEMPERATURE; SLOW-LIGHT DEVICES; THEORETICAL MODELS;

GROUND STATE; LIGHT; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

SLOW LIGHT;

EID: 34547357890     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2006.889060     Document Type: Article

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