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Frontiers in Optics

Enhancing Light-Matter Interactions in Nanophotonic Structures by Slow Light

Jesper Mørk, Torben Roland Nielsen

Published Jan 1, 2010• 0 citations
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Abstract

We discuss the conditions under which photonic crystal dispersion can be used to enhance light-matter interactions, e.g. by increasing the absorption sensitivity or the degree of light-speed control obtained via electromagnetically induced transparency.
DOI
10.1364/ls.2010.lthc2

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