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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548731
