Fascinating development in photonics
From: http://www.optics.org/articles/news/11/3/20/1
Photonic crystal slows down light
29 March 2005
Stanford scientists use a photonic crystal to reduce the group velocity of light by a factor of more than 100.
Researchers in the US have succeeded in reducing the group velocity of light by a factor of more than 100 in a novel two-dimensional photonic crystal. Halice Altug and Jelena Vuckovic of Stanford University say the device could be used for a variety of optical applications and components, including high-power photonic crystal lasers with low thresholds (Appl. Phys. Lett. 86 111102).