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
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