Self-advanced fast light propagation in an optical fiber based on Brillouin scattering

We experimentally demonstrate an extremely simple technique to achieve pulse advancements in optical fibers by using both spontaneous amplified and stimulated Brillouin scattering. It is shown that the group velocity of a light signal is all-optically controlled by its average power while it propaga...

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Autores: Chin, S.H., González Herráez, Miguel|||0000-0003-2555-2971, Thévenaz, Luc
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/31058
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/31058
https://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.012181
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fiber optics
Scattering
Stimulated Brillouin
Nonlinear optics
Fibers
Propagation
Ciencias tecnológicas
Electrónica
Technology
Electronics
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Sumario:We experimentally demonstrate an extremely simple technique to achieve pulse advancements in optical fibers by using both spontaneous amplified and stimulated Brillouin scattering. It is shown that the group velocity of a light signal is all-optically controlled by its average power while it propagates through an optical fiber. The signal generates an intense back-propagating Stokes emission that causes a loss on the signal through depletion. This narrowband loss gives rise to a fast light propagation at the exact signal frequency. The Stokes emission self-adapts in real time to the Brillouin properties of the fiber and to a wide extent to the signal bandwidth.