We experimentally demonstrate that structural slow light can enhance Beer-Lambert absorption. A 4-fold reduction of the group velocity induced by mere cavity effects has caused an increase of molecular absorption by 130%.
Title
Structural slow light can enhance Beer-Lambert absorption
Published in
OSA Technical Digest (CD)
Pages
SLWC2
Conference
Slow and Fast Light (SL), Toronto, Canada, June 12, 2011
Date
2011
Publisher
Washington DC, Optical Society of America
Note
Postdeadline paper
Record creation date
2011-08-30