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Slow and Stopped Light in Coupled Resonator Systems

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Photonic Microresonator Research and Applications

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In the first part of this chapter, a theoretical overview is presented on the different approaches to the use of dynamic tuning for coherent optical pulse stopping and storage in coupled resonator systems, which are amenable to fabrication in on-chip devices such as photonic crystals. The use of such dynamic tuning overcomes the delay-bandwidth constraint of slow-light structures. The second part of this chapter presents a discussion on recent experimental work that has demonstrated the possibility of such dynamic tuning in on-chip systems.

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Acknowledgments

The work is supported in part by NSF, DARPA, and the Lucile and Packard Foundation. The authors acknowledge the important contributions of Prof. Mehmet Fatih Yanik to the works presented here.

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  1. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    Shanhui Fan

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    Sunil Sandhu

  3. Department of Applied Physics, Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    Clayton R. Otey

  4. Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Michelle L. Povinelli

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Fan, S., Sandhu, S., Otey, C.R., Povinelli, M.L. (2010). Slow and Stopped Light in Coupled Resonator Systems. In: Chremmos, I., Schwelb, O., Uzunoglu, N. (eds) Photonic Microresonator Research and Applications. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 156. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1744-7_7

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