• DocumentCode
    444094
  • Title

    Limits on the time delay induced by slow-light propagation

  • Author

    Boyd, Robert W. ; Gauthier, Daniel J. ; Gaeta, Alexander L. ; Willner, Alan E.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Opt., Rochester Univ., NY, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    214
  • Abstract
    We show that there are no fundamental limits to the maximum time delay that can be achieved for pulses propagating through slow-light media, thus suggesting the importance of slow-light methods for practical applications.
  • Keywords
    optical coherent transients; optical solitons; coherent optical effects; optical solitons; slow-light pulse propagation; time delay; Delay effects; High speed optical techniques; Optical buffering; Optical control; Optical materials; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Optical solitons; Space vector pulse width modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1548731
  • Filename
    1548731