Frontiers in Optics

Observations of single pulse slow light in a persistent spectral hole-burning crystal

J. Han, Byoung Seung HAM

Published Jan 1, 2008• 0 citations

Abstract

We investigate a self induced ultraslow group delay as long as 40 μs in a persistent spectral hole-burning crystal. The ultraslow light has potential application to on-demand all-optical information processing such as on-demand buffer memory.

DOI: 10.1364/fio.2008.fthi3

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