Slow and fast light in liquid crystal light valves

被引：75

作者：

Residori, S. ^{[1
]}

Bortolozzo, U. ^{[2
]}

Huignard, J. P. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, INLN, F-06560 Valbonne, France

[2] Lab Phys Stat ENS, F-75231 Paris 5, France

[3] Thales Res & Technol, F-91767 Palaiseau, France

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2008年 / 100卷 / 20期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.203603

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We show that fast and slow light results from multiple scatterings in a liquid crystal light valve, where nondegenerate two-wave mixing occurs in the Raman-Nath regime of optical diffraction. The large nonlinear response and dispersive characteristics of the liquid crystals allow us to obtain group velocities as slow as less than 0.2 mm/s, which is attractive for the realization of ultrahigh precision interferometers and metrology measurements.

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