DocumentCode
1872559
Title
Fundamental limitations of slow-light optical buffers
Author
Tucker, Rodney S. ; Ku, Pei-Cheng ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie J.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California at Berkeley, CA, USA
Volume
3
fYear
2005
fDate
6-11 March 2005
Abstract
We show that slow-light optical delay-line buffers are constrained by fundamental physical limitations. We compare the capabilities of a variety of buffer technologies including electromagnetically induced transparency, population pulsations, photonic crystal filters, and fibre-based delay lines.
Keywords
buffer circuits; crystal filters; optical delay lines; optical fibres; photonic crystals; self-induced transparency; electromagnetically induced transparency; fibre-based delay lines; fundamental physical limitations; optical delay-line buffers; photonic crystal filters; population pulsations; slow-light optical buffers; Buffer storage; Delay lines; Optical buffering; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical packet switching; Optical pumping; Optical signal processing; Photonic crystals; Slow light;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN
1-55752-783-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2005.192829
Filename
1501360
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