Nanocavity linewidth narrowing and group delay enhancement by slow light propagation and nonlinear effects

Patricio Grinberg (1) , Kamel Bencheikh (1) , Maia Brunstein (1) , Alejandro M. Yacomotti (1) , Yannick Dumeige (2) , Isabelle Sagnes (1) , Fabrice Raineri (1) , Laurent Bigot (3) , Juan Ariel Levenson (1)

1 LPN - Laboratoire de photonique et de nanostructures
2 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
3 PhLAM - Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules - UMR 8523

Slow light induced by coherent population oscillations and cavity dispersive nonlinear response are combined achieving 2 orders of magnitude enhancement of the group delay and an equivalent decreasing of the spectral linewidth of a L3 two-dimensional photonic crystal nanocavity.

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]

Patricio Grinberg, Kamel Bencheikh, Maia Brunstein, Alejandro M. Yacomotti, Yannick Dumeige, et al.. Nanocavity linewidth narrowing and group delay enhancement by slow light propagation and nonlinear effects. Physical Review Letters, 2012, 109, pp.113903. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.113903⟩. ⟨hal-00975343⟩