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Slow and Fast Light (SL)

Slow Light Trapping and Memory Readout in a Resonant Photonic Crystal

Igor V. Mel’nikov, Boris I. Mantsyzov, James Stewart Aitchison, Clark A. Merchant

Published Jan 1, 2006• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate previously unforeseen property of all-optical control over the light slowing, pinning, and depinning in a resonant photonic crystal with defect that is mediated by an inversion inside the crystal.
DOI
10.1364/sl.2006.me7

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