Accession Number:

ADA478005

Title:

Enhancing the Spectral Sensitivity of Interferometers using Slow-Light Media

Descriptive Note:

Journal article

Corporate Author:

ROCHESTER UNIV NY INST OF OPTICS

Personal Author(s):

• Shi, Zhimin
• Boyd, Robert W.
• Gauthier, Daniel J.
• Dudley, C. C.

Report Date:

2007-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

4.0

Abstract:

We demonstrate experimentally that the spectral sensitivity of an interferometer can be greatly enhanced by introducing a slow-light medium into it. The experimental results agree very well with theoretical predictions that the enhancement factor of the spectral sensitivity is equal to the group index n sub g of the slow-light medium.

Descriptors:

• *SENSITIVITY
• *INTERFEROMETERS
• REPRINTS
• SPECTROSCOPY
• AUGMENTATION

Subject Categories:

• Optics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE