Enhancing the spectral sensitivity of interferometers using slow-light media
- 19 March 2007
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 32 (8) , 915-917
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 of the slow-light medium.
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