Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

Slow-light interferometry: practical limitations to spectroscopic performance

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

We investigate how the use of slow-light methods can enhance the performance of various types of spectroscopic interferometers under practical conditions. We show that, while in ideal cases the enhancement of the spectral resolution is equal to the magnitude of the group index of the slow-light medium, the ratio between the associated gain or loss and the group index of the slow-light medium actually determines the spectral resolution under more-general conditions. Moreover, the dispersion of this ratio leads to frequency-dependent spectral resolution, which limits the useful working bandwidth of the interferometer. We also evaluate the performance of interferometers using three specific slow-light processes in terms of the achievable spectral resolution and the effective working finesse. We show that the spectral resolution is typically limited by the characteristic linewidth of each slow-light process and that there is no fundamental upper limit for the effective working finesse.

© 2008 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
More Like This
Fundamental limits to slow-light arrayed-waveguide-grating spectrometers

Zhimin Shi and Robert W. Boyd
Opt. Express 21(6) 7793-7798 (2013)

Analysis of optical ARMA architectures in the slow-light regime

Vishnupriya Govindan and Steve Blair
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 25(12) C116-C126 (2008)

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Figures (6)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Equations (46)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Equations are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved