Electromagnetically-induced transparency and slow light in GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum wells in a transient regime

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 148902-148908

  Ma, Seong Min ^a   Xu, Hua ^a   Ham, Byoung Seung ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM ARSENIDE; LIGHT; LIGHT VELOCITY; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; QUANTUM OPTICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SLOW LIGHT; TRANSPARENCY;

ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-INDUCED TRANSPARENCY; FEMTOSECOND LIGHT PULSE; GAAS/ALGAAS; GAAS/ALGAAS MQWS; GROUP VELOCITIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES; TRANSIENT REGIME; ULTRA-FAST;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 69049119207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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