Special Section Guest Editorial: Slow and Fast Light

Selim M. Shahriar; Jacob Scheuer

doi:10.1117/1.OE.53.10.102701

23 October 2014 Special Section Guest Editorial: Slow and Fast Light

Selim M. Shahriar, Jacob Scheuer

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 53, Issue 10, 102701 (October 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.53.10.102701

Abstract

The speed of light in vacuum is one of the most fundamental constants in nature, which underlies many of the basic properties of the universe. There is no wonder, therefore, that the first attempts to understand and control the speed of light can be traced back to some of the pioneers of electromagnetic waves theory such as Lorentz, Sommerfeld, and Brillouin. The efforts to understand the fundamental properties of light propagation through slow- and, in particular, fast-light media triggered a plethora of studies, intense debates, and controversies.

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Selim M. Shahriar and Jacob Scheuer "Special Section Guest Editorial: Slow and Fast Light," Optical Engineering 53(10), 102701 (23 October 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.53.10.102701

Published: 23 October 2014

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