• DocumentCode
    499213
  • Title

    Controlling the speed of light in semiconductor waveguides: Physics and applications

  • Author

    Mørk, Jesper ; Xue, Weiqi ; Chen, Yaohui ; Blaaberg, Søren ; Sales, Salvador ; Capmany, José

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We review the physics of slow and fast light effects in semiconductor optical waveguides. Recent experimental and theoretical results on enhancing the phase shift using optical filtering are presented and applications in microwave photonics are discussed.
  • Keywords
    microwave photonics; optical filters; optical waveguides; slow light; velocity control; fast light effect; light speed control; microwave photonics; optical filtering; phase shift enhancement; semiconductor optical waveguides; slow light effect; Fast light; Filtering; Lighting control; Microwave filters; Microwave photonics; Optical filters; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Physics; Semiconductor waveguides; (190.5970) Semiconductor nonlinear optics including MQW; (250.5980) Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5224292