Zero-gain slow & fast light propagation in an optical fiber

Slow & fast light with null amplification or loss of a light signal is experimentally demonstrated. This novel method for producing zero-gain slow & fast light takes advantage of the great flexibility of stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical fibers to generate synthesized gain spectra....

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Chin, S.H., González Herráez, Miguel|||0000-0003-2555-2971, Thévenaz, Luc
Format: article
Publication Date:2006
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repository:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/31079
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/31079
https://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.14.010684
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Fiber optics
Scattering
Stimulated Brillouin
Nonlinear optics
Fibers
Propagation
Ciencias tecnológicas
Electrónica
Technology
Electronics
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Summary:Slow & fast light with null amplification or loss of a light signal is experimentally demonstrated. This novel method for producing zero-gain slow & fast light takes advantage of the great flexibility of stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical fibers to generate synthesized gain spectra. Generation of optical delays and advancements with minor amplitude change is realized through the superposition of gain and loss profiles showing very different spectral widths, resulting in a synthesized spectral profile identical to an ideal electromagnetically-induced transparency.