Title :
Room temperature variable slow light using semiconductor quantum dots
Author :
Kondratko, Piotr K. ; Su, Hui ; Chuang, Shun Lien
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Abstract :
We demonstrate slow light at room temperature using a quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifier with a controllable delay by forward and reverse bias below the transparency current level.
Keywords :
quantum dot lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; slow light; transparency; controllable delay; forward bias; quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifier; reverse bias; slow light; temperature 293 K to 298 K; transparency current level; Absorption; Laser excitation; Optical control; Optical pumping; Optical signal processing; Probes; Quantum dots; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Slow light; Temperature; (140.4480) Optical amplifiers; (230.1150) All-optical devices; (270.1670) Coherent optical effects;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628103
