Title :
Dynamic photonic crystals: stopping light and time reversal
Author :
Fan, Shanhui ; Yanik, Mehmet Fatih
Author_Institution :
Ginzton Lab., Standford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
Abstract :
By combining photonic crystal resonances with dynamics, we show that photonic crystals can be used to stop, store and time-reverse light pulses.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical pulse compression; optical resonators; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; refractive index; dynamic photonic crystals; light pulse storage; light stopping; optical resonators; photonic crystal resonances; photonic crystal waveguide; pulse bandwidth compression; refractive-index modulations; time reversal;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
