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This section describes the current status of slow light using nanostructures. To reduce the absorption and interaction between light and materials, hollow waveguides could be the solution. Several types of hollow waveguides are presented in the section. Since the waveguides are in nano or micro scale, the devices can be introduced into conventional integrated optics circuits.
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Abbreviations
- ng :
-
Group index
- c:
-
Velocity of the light in vacuum
- k:
-
Wavenumber
- ω:
-
Angular frequency of the light
- vg :
-
Group velocity
- Δf:
-
Frequency bandwidth
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Chen, CC. (2015). Slow Light in Nano-structured Waveguides. In: Lee, CC. (eds) The Current Trends of Optics and Photonics. Topics in Applied Physics, vol 129. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9392-6_21
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