Electronics Letters

Slow and superluminal light in semiconductor optical amplifiers

Alexander V. Uskov, Connie J. Chang-Hasnain

Published Aug 4, 2005• 42 citations

Abstract

An effective mechanism to achieve slow and superluminal light can be achieved in semiconductor optical amplifiers via wave mixing processes due to nonzero linewidth enhancement factor.

DOI: 10.1049/el:20052060

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