Slowing light is expected to enhance light-matter interaction, leading to more compact sensing devices. By simple tests we show that the reality is more complex and the only relevant quantity is the wave electric field.
Title
Gas Sensing using Material and Structural Slow Light Systems
Published in
OSA Technical Digest (online)
Pages
paper STu2F.1
Conference
Optical Sensors, Monterey, California USA, June 25-28, 2012
Date
2012
Publisher
Washington DC, Optical Society of America
Note
Invited paper
Record creation date
2012-07-17