Abstract

A review of current fiber-based technologies capable of producing slow-light effects is presented, with emphasis on the applicability of these technologies to telecommunications. We begin with a review of the basic concepts of phase velocity, group velocity, and group delay. We then present a survey of some of the figures of merit used to quantify the engineering properties of slow-light systems. We also present a description of several of the physical processes that are commonly used to induce a slow-light effect. Finally, a review of some recent advances in this field is presented.

© 2008 IEEE

Slow light in various media: a tutorial

Jacob B. Khurgin
Adv. Opt. Photon. 2(3) 287-318 (2010)

Slow light propagation in a ring erbium-doped fiber

K. Bencheikh, E. Baldit, S. Briaudeau, P. Monnier, J. A. Levenson, and G. Mélin
Opt. Express 18(25) 25642-25648 (2010)

Arbitrary-bandwidth Brillouin slow light in optical fibers

Miguel González Herráez, Kwang Yong Song, and Luc Thévenaz
Opt. Express 14(4) 1395-1400 (2006)

Incoherent “Slow and Fast Light”

Valerii Zapasskii and Gleb Kozlov
Opt. Express 17(24) 22154-22162 (2009)

Slow/fast light using a very short Er³⁺/Yb³⁺ co-doped fiber

Jiulin Gan, Jiali Chen, Shanhui Xu, Zhongmin Yang, and Zhonghong Jiang
Opt. Lett. 38(5) 670-672 (2013)