• DocumentCode
    444096
  • Title

    Slow and fast light propagation in erbium-doped fiber

  • Author

    Lepeshkin, N.N. ; Schweinsberg, A. ; Bigelow, Matthew S. ; Gehring, G. ; Boyd, Robert W.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Opt., Rochester Univ., NY, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    220
  • Abstract
    We study propagation of light pulses and modulation in an Er-doped fiber in the regimes of anomalously slow and superluminal group velocities. The pulses experience either delay or advancement depending on the pump power.
  • Keywords
    erbium; light propagation; optical fibres; optical modulation; optical pumping; quantum optics; silicon compounds; SiO2:Er; erbium-doped silica fiber; fast light propagation; light pulse modulation; pump power; slow group velocity; slow light propagation; superluminal group velocity; Absorption; Equations; Erbium; Fast light; Frequency; Intensity modulation; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Stationary state;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1548733
  • Filename
    1548733