• DocumentCode
    2785366
  • Title

    Power dissipation requirements in slow light devices

  • Author

    Khurgi, Jacob B

  • Author_Institution
    Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD 21218, USA
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Various slow ligh schemes are analyzed to determine power dissipation per stored bit. It is shown that required dissipated power increases quite nonlinearly reaching unsustainably high values for the storage capacities needed for optical buffers.
  • Keywords
    Delay lines; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical saturation; Power dissipation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Slow light; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431195
  • Filename
    4431195