Title :
Power dissipation requirements in slow light devices
Author :
Khurgin, Jacob B.
Author_Institution :
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore
Abstract :
Various slow light schemes are analyzed to determine power dissipation per stored bit. It is shown that required dissipated power increases quite nonlinearly reaching unsustainably high values for the storage capacities needed for optical buffers.
Keywords :
electro-optical effects; magneto-optical effects; optical resonators; optical storage; optical waveguides; transparency; coupled resonator waveguides; electro-magnetically induced transparency media; optical amplifiers; optical buffers; power dissipation; slow light devices; storage capacities; Delay lines; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical saturation; Power dissipation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Slow light; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453418
