Enhancing the spectral sensitivity of interferometers using slow-light media

被引:132
作者
Shi, Zhimin [1 ]
Boyd, Robert W.
Gauthier, Daniel J.
Dudley, C. C.
机构
[1] Univ Rochester, Inst Opt, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
[2] Duke Univ, Dept Phys, Durham, NC 27708 USA
[3] Duke Univ, Fitzpatrick Ctr Photon & Commun Syst, Durham, NC 27708 USA
[4] USN, Res Lab, Remote Sensing Div, Washington, DC 20375 USA
关键词
D O I
10.1364/OL.32.000915
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We demonstrate experimentally that the spectral sensitivity of an interferometer can be greatly enhanced by introducing a slow-light medium into it. The experimental results agree very well with theoretical predictions that the enhancement factor of the spectral sensitivity is equal to the group index n(g) of the slow-light medium. (c) 2007 Optical Society of America.
引用
收藏
页码:915 / 917
页数:3
相关论文
共 12 条
[11]   Photonic-crystal slow-light enhancement of nonlinear phase sensitivity [J].
Soljacic, M ;
Johnson, SG ;
Fan, SH ;
Ibanescu, M ;
Ippen, E ;
Joannopoulos, JD .
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS, 2002, 19 (09) :2052-2059
[12]   Fabry-Perot optical binary switch for aircraft applications [J].
Xie, Zhaoxia ;
Taylor, Henry F. .
OPTICS LETTERS, 2006, 31 (18) :2695-2697