title: Electromagnetically-induced transparency and slow light in GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum wells in a transient regime.
abstract: Electromagnetically-induced transparency (EIT) is observed and analyzed for the group velocity of a femtosecond light pulse interacting with GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum wells (MQWs) in a transient regime. The calculated slowdown factor of the group velocity inside the medium due to the dynamic refractive index change is approximately 2.10 x 10(3). We discuss the potential of EIT-induced slow light in GaAs/AlGaAs MQWs for ultrafast (approximately 210 GHz) all-optical information processing such as photon routing.
authors.affiliation: Center for Photon Information Processing, Graduate School of Information and Telecommunications, Inha University, Incheon 402-751, South Korea.
authors.forename: Seong-Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Byoung Seung
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Ham