Trapping and unlimited delay of light pulses at microscale without distortion

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates a tunable microresonator capable of trapping and delaying light pulses at microscale without distortion, enabling potential applications in optical buffering and quantum information processing.

Contribution

It introduces a novel microresonator design that can trap and release optical pulses without distortion, extending control over light at microscale.

Findings

Successful trapping of optical pulses without distortion

Longer delay times limited by material losses

Potential for applications in optical communication

Abstract

A tunable bottle microresonator can trap an optical pulse of the given spectral width, hold it as long as the material losses permit, and release without distortion.