Modeling of loss-induced superluminal and negative group velocity in two-port ring-resonator circuits

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2376-2384

  Uranus, H P ^a   Hoekstra, H J W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fast light; Negative group velocity; Ring resonator; Sensor; Slow light; Superluminal group velocity

Indexed keywords

GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT VELOCITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL SENSORS;

NEGATIVE GROUP VELOCITY; RING RESONATOR; SUPERLUMINAL GROUP VELOCITY;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 34548651754     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.901524     Document Type: Article

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