Title :
Slow/fast light in erbium-doped fibers based on cross gain modulation
Author :
Li Zhan ; Kai Qian ; Liang Zhang ; Fangying Tao ; Shouyu Luo ; Yuxing Xia
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China
fDate :
Nov. 5 2011-Dec. 7 2011
Abstract :
We proposed and demonstrated the propagation of slow/fast light in erbium-doped fiber through gain cross modulation. We observed the ultraslow light with a group velocity of 6.1×10-3 c and the superluminal propagation with a negative group velocity of -5.1 ×10-4c.
Keywords :
amplification; erbium; light propagation; modulation; optical fibre communication; optical fibres; cross gain modulation; erbium-doped fiber propagation; erbium-doped fibers; fast light; gain cross modulation; superluminal propagation; ultraslow light; cross gain modulation; erbium-doped fiber; fast light; slow light; superluminal propagation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN 2011), 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-84919-539-3
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2011.1324
