Slow light in semiconductor quantum wells

被引:275
作者
Ku, PC [1 ]
Sedgwick, F
Chang-Hasnain, CJ
Palinginis, P
Li, T
Wang, HL
Chang, SW
Chuang, SL
机构
[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[2] Univ Oregon, Dept Phys, Eugene, OR 97403 USA
[3] Univ Oregon, Oregon Ctr Opt, Eugene, OR 97403 USA
[4] Univ Illinois, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
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D O I
10.1364/OL.29.002291
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We demonstrate slow light via population oscillation in semiconductor quantum-well structures for the first time. A group velocity as low as 9600 m/s is inferred from the experimentally measured dispersive characteristics. The transparency window exhibits a bandwidth as large as 2 GHz. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.
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页码:2291 / 2293
页数:3
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