Optical Fiber Communication Conference

Slow light in bulk materials and optical fibers

Robert W. Boyd

Published Jan 1, 2006• 2 citations

Abstract

This study investigates slow light in bulk materials and optical fibers. Progress in developing new slow-light techniques and applications are also presented. Slow light techniques hold great promise for applications in telecom and quantum information processing

DOI: 10.1109/ofc.2006.215338

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