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Observation of simultaneous fast and slow light

Optics 2008-05-20 v1

Abstract

We present a microresonator-based system capable of simultaneously producing time-advanced and time-delayed pulses. The effect is based on the combination of a sharp spectral feature with two orthogonally-polarized propagating waveguide modes. We include an experimental proof-of-concept implementation using a silica microsphere coupled to a tapered optical fiber and use a time-domain picture to interpret the observed delays. We also discuss potential applications for future all-optical networks.

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@article{arxiv.0803.1216,
  title  = {Observation of simultaneous fast and slow light},
  author = {Pablo Bianucci and Chris R. Fietz and John W. Robertson and Gennady Shvets and Chih-Kang Shih},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.1216},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

6 pages, 5 figures

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