Title :
Controlling light speed in semiconductors
Author :
Chang-Hasnain, Connie J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
Rapid progress has been made in achieving control in group velocity of optical signals. We review advances of ultraslow and fast light in semiconductors and their applications. We introduce a new figure-of-merit: storage-bandwidth product.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; laser tuning; light propagation; multiwave mixing; optical storage; optical variables control; semiconductor optical amplifiers; semiconductor quantum wells; velocity control; SOA detuning; electrooptical modulator; fast light propagation; group velocity control; light speed control; optical signals; semiconductor multiple quantum well; semiconductors; storage-bandwidth product; ultraslow light propagation; wave mixing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
