DocumentCode
3020109
Title
Power dissipation requirements in slow light devices
Author
Khurgin, Jacob B.
Author_Institution
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore
fYear
2007
fDate
6-11 May 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-834-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453418
Filename
4453418
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