Title :
Microcavities with highly dispersive materials
Author :
Soljacic, Marin ; Lidorikis, Elefterios ; Hau, Lene V. ; Joannopoulos, J.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Our detailed theoretical studies show how inserting materials that support electro-magnetically induced transparency into microcavities enables design of microcavities with extraordinarily long lifetimes, and enables all-optical signal processing at single photon power levels.
Keywords :
micro-optics; microcavities; optical design techniques; optical dispersion; optical information processing; optical materials; transparency; all-optical signal processing; dispersive material; electro-magnetically induced transparency; inserting material; lifetimes; microcavities; microcavities design; photon power level; Absorption; Crystalline materials; Dispersion; Microcavities; Optical materials; Optical signal processing; Photonic crystals; Physics; Propagation losses; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Biophotonics/Optical Interconnects and VLSI Photonics/WBM Microcavities, 2004 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8306-0
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2004.1338694
