Arbitrary-bandwidth Brillouin slow light in optical fibers

Stimulated Brillouin scattering slow light in optical fibers [Invited]

Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) has become a favorable underlying mechanism in many demonstrations of all-optical variable delay in standard fibers, often referred to as slow and fast light. Over 100 journal papers and numerous conference sessions have been dedicated to SBS slow light since 2005. In this paper, recent research in this area is reviewed. Following a short introduction to th...

Slow Light in Optical Fibers

Governing the Speed of a Light Signal in Optical Fibers: Brillouin Slow and Fast Light

Dynamic control of the speed of a light signal, based on stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical fibers, was theoretically studied and also experimentally demonstrated as the core object of this thesis. To date, slow light based on stimulated Brillouin scattering has shown the unmatched flexibility to offer an efficient timing tool for the development of all-optical future router. Neverthele...

Enhancement of Brillouin slow-light in optical fibers through optical pulse shaping

The impact of pulse shape is studied in order to enhance time delaying in Brillouin slow-light. An exponential-like pulse with 14-ns FWHM duration is delayed up to 31-ns in a 27 MHz wide Brillouin resonance. ©2008 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (060.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers; (290.5900) Scattering, stimulated Brillouin; (350.5500) Propagation

Brillouin slow light: substantial optical delay in the second-order Brillouin gain spectrum.

We experimentally demonstrate optical delay in the second-order Brillouin gain spectrum by incorporating a double Brillouin-frequency shifter into the system. By coinciding the seed signal with the second-order Brillouin gain spectrum, it was found that the seed signal experienced significantly larger delay as compared to the Brillouin slow light generated from the first-order Brillouin spectru...