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IEEE/LEOS Winter Topicals Meeting Series (WTM)

Exploring carrier dynamics in semiconductors for slow light

Jesper Mørk, Weiqi Xue, Y. Chen, F. Öhman, P. Kaer Nielsen, HOLGER BECH NIELSEN, T. R. Nielsen

Published Jan 1, 2009• 0 citations
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Abstract

We give an overview of recent results on slow and fast light in active semiconductor waveguides. The cases of coherent population oscillations as well as electromagnetically induced transparency are covered, emphasizing the physics and fundamental limitations.
DOI
10.1109/leoswt.2009.4771701

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