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T1 Light controlling light in an optical fibre: From very slow to faster-than-light speed
A1 Thévenaz, Luc
A1 Song, K.-Y.
A1 Chin, S.H.
A1 González Herráez, Miguel
K1 Fiber optics
K1 Nonlinear optics
K1 Slow & fast light
K1 Stimulated Brillouin scattering
K1 Ciencias tecnológicas
K1 Electrónica
K1 Technology
K1 Electronics
AB We demonstrate a method to achieve an extremely wide and flexible external control of the group velocity of signals as they propagate along an optical fibre. This control is achieved by means of the gain and loss mechanisms of stimulated Brillouin scattering in the fibre itself. Our experiments show that group velocities below 71,000 km/s on one hand, well exceeding the speed of light in vacuum on the other hand and even negative group velocities can readily be obtained with a simple benchtop experimental setup. Advanced schemes can be realized thanks to the extremely flexible possibility to shape the gain spectrum to make it optimized for applications. Ultra wide bandwidth, delaying with flat amplitude response and lower distortion were successfully demonstrated this wa
PB IEEE
SN 978-14244-0830-6
YR 2008
FD 2008-02-08
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/27445
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/27445
LA eng
NO Swiss National Foundation
DS MINDS@UW
RD 20-abr-2024