Title :
Spectrally broadened optical pump source via phase modulation for wideband SBS slow light
Author :
Shu, Chester ; Cheng, Alan ; Fok, Mable P.
Author_Institution :
Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Abstract :
We demonstrated slow light of 1 GHz and 10 GHz pulses using stimulated Brillouin scattering in a single mode fiber. The cw pump sources are spectrally broadened by phase modulation at different bit rates.
Keywords :
light sources; optical fibres; optical modulation; spectral line broadening; stimulated Brillouin scattering; frequency 1 GHz; frequency 10 GHz; phase modulation; single mode fiber; spectrally broadened optical pump source; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Brillouin scattering; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Phase modulation; Slow light; Stimulated emission; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and Optoelectronics Conference, 2007 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-0-9789217-2-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-9789217-2-9
DOI :
10.1109/AOE.2007.4410905