Potential ultra wide slow-light bandwidth enhancement
Optics Express, Vol. 14, Issue 23, pp. 11082-11087 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.14.011082
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Abstract
We describe a method which has the potential to enhance the bandwidth of Brillouin based slow-light delay lines drastically. It is based on the overcompensation of the anti Stokes loss spectrum by additional pump sources. With this method it might be possible to overcome the bandwidth limit of Brillouin scattering which for one pump wave is given by two times the natural Brillouin shift in the incorporated waveguide. We will show experimentally that pulses can be delayed in the overcompensated loss spectrum.
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1. Introduction
L. V. Hau, S. E. Harris, Z. Dutton, and C. H. Behroozi, “Light speed reduction to 17 meters per second in an ultracold atomic gas,” Nature 397, 594–598 (1999). [CrossRef]
M. M. Kash, V. A. Sautenkov, A. S. Zibrov, L. Hollberg, G. R. Welch, M. D. Lukin, Y. Rostovtsev, E. S. Fry, and M. O. Scully, “Ultraslow group velocity and enhanced nonlinear optical effects in a coherently driven hot atomic gas,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5229–5232 (1999). [CrossRef]
C. J. Chang-Hasnian, P. C. Ku, J. Kim, and S. L. Chuang, “Variable optical buffer using slow light in semiconductor nanostructures,” Proc. of IEEE 11, 1884–1897 (2003). [CrossRef]
P. C. Ku, F. Sedgwick, C. J. Chang-Hasnian, P. Palinginis, T. Li, H. I. Wang, S. W. Chang, and S. L. Chuang, “Slow light in semiconductor quantum wells,” Opt. Lett. 29, 2291–2293 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M. van der Poel, J. Mork, and J. M. Hvam, “Controllable delay of ultrashort pulses in a quantum dot optical amplifier,” Opt. Express 13, 8032–8037 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
H. Gersen, T. J. Karle, R. J. Engelen, W. Bogaerts, J. P. Korterik, N. F. van Hulst, T. F. Krauss, and L. Kuipers, “Real-space observation of ultraslow light in Photonic Crystal Waveguides,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 073903 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
K. Y. Song, M. G. Herraez, and L. Thevanez, “Observation of pulse delaying and advancement in optical fibers using stimulated Brillouin scattering,” Opt. Express 13, 82–88 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
Y. Okawachi, M. S. Bigelow, J. E. Sharping, Z. M. Zhu, A. Schweinsberg, D. J. Gauthier, R. W. Boyd, and A. L. Gaeta, “Tunable all-optical delays via Brillouin slow light in an optical fiber,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 153902 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
M. G. Herraez, K. Y. Song, and L. Thevanez, “Arbitrary-bandwidth Brillouin slow light in optical fibers,” Opt. Express 14, 1395–1400 (2006). [CrossRef]
M. G. Herraez, K. Y. Song, and L. Thevanez, “Arbitrary-bandwidth Brillouin slow light in optical fibers,” Opt. Express 14, 1395–1400 (2006). [CrossRef]
E. Shumakher, N. Orbach, A. Nevet, D. Dahan, and G. Eisenstein, “On the balance between delay, bandwidth and signal distortion in slow light systems based on stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical fibers,” Opt. Express 14, 5877–5884 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
2. Theory
T. Schneider, M. Junker, and K.U. Lauterbach, “Theoretical and experimental investigation of Brillouin scattering for the generation of millimeter waves,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 23, 1012–1019 (2006). [CrossRef]
3. Experiment
4. Results and discussion
5. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References and links
R. W. Boyd and D. J. Gauthier, “Slow and Fast Light,” in Progress in Optics 43, E. Wolf, ed., (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2002), pp. 497–530. | |
L. V. Hau, S. E. Harris, Z. Dutton, and C. H. Behroozi, “Light speed reduction to 17 meters per second in an ultracold atomic gas,” Nature 397, 594–598 (1999). [CrossRef] | |
M. S. Bigelow, N. N. Lepeshkin, and R. W. Boyd, “Superluminal and slow light propagation in a room temperature solid,” Science 301, 200–202 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed] | |
C. Yu, T. Luo, L. Zhang, and A. E. Willner, “Distortion effects on data pulses in a slow light tunable delay line due to stimulated Brillouin scattering in a highly nonlinear fiber,” in proceedings of ECOC 2005, paper Mo4.5.2 (2005). | |
M. M. Kash, V. A. Sautenkov, A. S. Zibrov, L. Hollberg, G. R. Welch, M. D. Lukin, Y. Rostovtsev, E. S. Fry, and M. O. Scully, “Ultraslow group velocity and enhanced nonlinear optical effects in a coherently driven hot atomic gas,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5229–5232 (1999). [CrossRef] | |
D. Strekalov, A. B. Matsko, and L. Maleki, “Nonlinear properties of electromagnetically induced transparency in Rubidium vapor,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22, 65–71 (2005). | |
C. J. Chang-Hasnian, P. C. Ku, J. Kim, and S. L. Chuang, “Variable optical buffer using slow light in semiconductor nanostructures,” Proc. of IEEE 11, 1884–1897 (2003). [CrossRef] | |
P. C. Ku, F. Sedgwick, C. J. Chang-Hasnian, P. Palinginis, T. Li, H. I. Wang, S. W. Chang, and S. L. Chuang, “Slow light in semiconductor quantum wells,” Opt. Lett. 29, 2291–2293 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed] | |
M. van der Poel, J. Mork, and J. M. Hvam, “Controllable delay of ultrashort pulses in a quantum dot optical amplifier,” Opt. Express 13, 8032–8037 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed] | |
H. Gersen, T. J. Karle, R. J. Engelen, W. Bogaerts, J. P. Korterik, N. F. van Hulst, T. F. Krauss, and L. Kuipers, “Real-space observation of ultraslow light in Photonic Crystal Waveguides,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 073903 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed] | |
K. Y. Song, M. G. Herraez, and L. Thevanez, “Observation of pulse delaying and advancement in optical fibers using stimulated Brillouin scattering,” Opt. Express 13, 82–88 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed] | |
Y. Okawachi, M. S. Bigelow, J. E. Sharping, Z. M. Zhu, A. Schweinsberg, D. J. Gauthier, R. W. Boyd, and A. L. Gaeta, “Tunable all-optical delays via Brillouin slow light in an optical fiber,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 153902 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed] | |
M. G. Herraez, K. Y. Song, and L. Thevanez, “Arbitrary-bandwidth Brillouin slow light in optical fibers,” Opt. Express 14, 1395–1400 (2006). [CrossRef] | |
A. M. C. Dawes, Z. Zhu, and D. J. Gauthier, “Improving the bandwidth of SBS-based slow-light delay,” in Proc. of CLEO’06 , paper CThW1 (2006). | |
Z. Zhu, A. M. C. Dawes, D. J. Gauthier, L. Zhang, and A. E. Willner, “12-GHz-Bandwidth SBS Slow Light in Optical Fibers,” in Proc. of OFC 2006 , paper PD1 (2006). | |
E. Shumakher, N. Orbach, A. Nevet, D. Dahan, and G. Eisenstein, “On the balance between delay, bandwidth and signal distortion in slow light systems based on stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical fibers,” Opt. Express 14, 5877–5884 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed] | |
T. Schneider, M. Junker, and K.U. Lauterbach, “Theoretical and experimental investigation of Brillouin scattering for the generation of millimeter waves,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 23, 1012–1019 (2006). [CrossRef] | |
T. Schneider, M. Junker, K.U. Lauterbach, and R. Henker, “Distortion reduction in cascaded slow light delays,” El. Lett. , accepted for publication. |
OCIS Codes
(060.4370) Fiber optics and optical communications : Nonlinear optics, fibers
(290.5900) Scattering : Scattering, stimulated Brillouin
ToC Category:
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications
History
Original Manuscript: September 18, 2006
Revised Manuscript: October 12, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: October 26, 2006
Published: November 13, 2006
Citation
Thomas Schneider, Markus Junker, and Kai-Uwe Lauterbach, "Potential ultra wide slow-light bandwidth
enhancement," Opt. Express 14, 11082-11087 (2006)
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References
- R. W. Boyd and D. J. Gauthier, "Slow and Fast Light," in Progress in Optics43, E. Wolf, ed., (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2002), pp. 497-530.
- L. V. Hau, S. E. Harris, Z. Dutton, and C. H. Behroozi, "Light speed reduction to 17 meters per second in an ultracold atomic gas," Nature 397, 594-598 (1999). [CrossRef]
- M. S. Bigelow, N. N. Lepeshkin, and R. W. Boyd, "Superluminal and slow light propagation in a room temperature solid," Science 301, 200-202 (2003). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- C. Yu, T. Luo, L. Zhang and A. E. Willner, "Distortion effects on data pulses in a slow light tunable delay line due to stimulated Brillouin scattering in a highly nonlinear fiber," in proceedings of ECOC 2005, paper Mo4.5.2 (2005).
- M. M. Kash, V. A. Sautenkov, A. S. Zibrov, L. Hollberg, G. R. Welch, M. D. Lukin, Y. Rostovtsev, E. S. Fry, and M. O. Scully, "Ultraslow group velocity and enhanced nonlinear optical effects in a coherently driven hot atomic gas," Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 5229-5232 (1999). [CrossRef]
- D. Strekalov, A. B. Matsko, and L. Maleki, "Nonlinear properties of electromagnetically induced transparency in Rubidium vapor," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22, 65-71 (2005).
- C. J. Chang-Hasnian, P. C. Ku, J. Kim, and S. L. Chuang, "Variable optical buffer using slow light in semiconductor nanostructures," Proc. of IEEE 11, 1884-1897 (2003). [CrossRef]
- P. C. Ku, F. Sedgwick, C. J. Chang-Hasnian, P. Palinginis, T. Li, H. I. Wang, S. W. Chang, and S. L. Chuang, "Slow light in semiconductor quantum wells," Opt. Lett. 29, 2291-2293 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- M. van der Poel, J. Mork, and J. M. Hvam, "Controllable delay of ultrashort pulses in a quantum dot optical amplifier," Opt. Express 13, 8032-8037 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- H. Gersen, T. J. Karle, R. J. Engelen, W. Bogaerts, J. P. Korterik, N. F. van Hulst, T. F. Krauss, and L. Kuipers, "Real-space observation of ultraslow light in Photonic Crystal Waveguides," Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 073903 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- K. Y. Song, M. G. Herraez, and L. Thevanez, "Observation of pulse delaying and advancement in optical fibers using stimulated Brillouin scattering," Opt. Express 13, 82-88 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- Y. Okawachi, M. S. Bigelow, J. E. Sharping, Z. M. Zhu, A. Schweinsberg, D. J. Gauthier, R. W. Boyd, and A. L. Gaeta, "Tunable all-optical delays via Brillouin slow light in an optical fiber," Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 153902 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- M. G. Herraez, K. Y. Song, and L. Thevanez, "Arbitrary-bandwidth Brillouin slow light in optical fibers," Opt. Express 14, 1395-1400 (2006). [CrossRef]
- A. M. C. Dawes, Z. Zhu, and D. J. Gauthier, "Improving the bandwidth of SBS-based slow-light delay," in Proc. of CLEO’06, paper CThW1 (2006).
- Z. Zhu, A. M. C. Dawes, D. J. Gauthier, L. Zhang, and A. E. Willner, "12-GHz-Bandwidth SBS Slow Light in Optical Fibers," in Proc. of OFC 2006, paper PD1 (2006).
- E. Shumakher, N. Orbach, A. Nevet, D. Dahan, and G. Eisenstein, "On the balance between delay, bandwidth and signal distortion in slow light systems based on stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical fibers," Opt. Express 14, 5877-5884 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- T. Schneider, M. Junker, and K. U. Lauterbach, "Theoretical and experimental investigation of Brillouin scattering for the generation of millimeter waves," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 23, 1012-1019 (2006). [CrossRef]
- T. Schneider, M. Junker, K. U. Lauterbach, and R. Henker, "Distortion reduction in cascaded slow light delays," Electron. Lett., accepted for publication.
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