1st Edition

Slow Light Science and Applications

Edited By Jacob B. Khurgin, Rodney S. Tucker Copyright 2009
404 Pages 243 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

404 Pages 243 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

One of the Top Selling Physics Books according to YBP Library Services The exotic effects of slow light have been widely observed in the laboratory. However, current literature fails to explore the wider field of slow light in photonic structures and optical fibers. Reflecting recent research, Slow Light: Science and Applications presents a comprehensive introduction to slow light and... Read more

Fundamental Physics of Slow Light in Different Media
Slow Light in Atomic Vapors
R. M. Camacho and J. C. Howell
Slow and Fast Light in Semiconductors
S.-W. Chang and S. L. Chuang
Slow Light in Optical Waveguides
Z. Zhu, D. J. Gauthier, A. L. Gaeta,
and R. W. Boyd
Slow Light in Photonic Crystal Waveguides
T. F. Krauss

Slow Light in Periodic Photonic Structures
Periodic Coupled Resonator Structures
J. K.S. Poon, P. Chak, J. E. Sipe, and A. Yariv
Resonator-Mediated Slow Light: Novel Structures, Applications, and Tradeoffs
A. B. Matsko and L. Maleki
Disordered Optical Slow-Wave Structures: What Is the Velocity of Slow Light?
S. Mookherjea

Slow Light in Fibers
Slow and Fast Light Propagation in Narrow Band Raman-Assisted Fiber Parametric Amplifiers
G. Eisenstein, E. Shumakher, and A. Willinger
Slow and Fast Light Using Stimulated Brillouin Scattering: A Highly Flexible Approach
 L. Thévenaz

Slow Light and Nonlinear Phenomena
Nonlinear Slow-Wave Structures
A. Melloni and F. Morichetti
Slow Light Gap Solitons
J.T. Mok, I. C.M. Littler, M. Ibsen, C. Martijn de Sterke, and B. J. Eggleton
Coherent Control and NonlinearWave Mixing in Slow LightMedia
Y. Rostovtsev

Dynamic Structures for Storing Light
Stopping and Storing Light in Semiconductor QuantumWells and OpticalMicroresonators
N. H. Kwong, J. E. Sipe, R. Binder, Z. Yang, and A. L. Smirl
Stopping Light via Dynamic Tuning of Coupled Resonators
S. Fan and M. L. Povinelli

Applications
Bandwidth Limitation in Slow Light Schemes
J. B. Khurgin
Reconfigurable Signal Processing Using Slow-Light-Based Tunable
Optical Delay Lines
A. E. Willner, B. Zhang, and L. Zhang
Slow Light Buffers for Packet Switching
R. S. Tucker
Application of Slow Light to Phased Array Radar Beam Steering
Z. Dutton, M. Bashkansky, and M. Steiner
Index

Biography

Jacob B. Khurgin, Rodney S. Tucker