Slowing and stopping light using an optomechanical crystal array

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chang, D E ^a   Safavi Naeini, A H ^b   Hafezi, M ^c   Painter, O ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL; CRYSTAL ARRAYS; LIGHT STORAGE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS; ON CHIPS; OPTICAL BUFFERING; OPTICAL INFORMATION; OPTICAL NETWORKS; OPTICAL PULSE; OPTOMECHANICAL; QUANTUM INFORMATION; QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; REALISTIC CONDITIONS;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; SLOW LIGHT; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WAVEGUIDES;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 79952261272     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/13/2/023003     Document Type: Article

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