• DocumentCode
    2020879
  • Title

    Four-fold reduction in the speed of light at practical power levels using Brillouin scattering in a 2-m Bismuth-oxide fiber

  • Author

    Jaauregui, C. ; Ono, H. ; Petropoulos, P. ; Richardson, D.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom, Email: cjm@orc.soton.ac.uk
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    5-10 March 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A 2-m long Bismuth-oxide-based highly-nonlinear fiber is used to generate Brillouin-assisted slow-light. Time delays of 46-ns and a four-fold reduction in the speed of light are achieved for 180-ns pulses with a CW pump power of just ~400-mW.
  • Keywords
    Brillouin scattering; Delay effects; Frequency; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Probes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-803-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2006.216038
  • Filename
    1637069