Room-temperature spectral hole burning in an engineered inhomogeneously broadened resonance.
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چکیده
We observe spectral hole burning in a room-temperature optical fiber pumped by a spectrally broadened pump beam. This beam drives the stimulated Brillouin process, creating an inhomogeneously broadened resonance in the material whose shape can be engineered by tailoring the beam's spectrum. A monochromatic saturating beam "burns" a narrow spectral hole that is approximately 10(4) times narrower than the inhomogeneous width of the resonance. This research paves the way toward agile optical information processing and storage using standard telecommunication components.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Optics letters
دوره 33 20 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008