EIT-based slow and fast light in an all-fiber system

Natalie V Wheeler, Philip S Light, Francois Couny, F Benabid

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Abstract

We have developed an all-fiber system which we use to demonstrate slow and fast light based on electromagnetically induced transparency in a 20 meter acetylene-filled photonic microcell. Using this system, 30 ns pulses of probe light were delayed and advanced by up to 5 ns and 1 ns respectively. The delay/advance is tunable through the probe detuning and the coupling Rabi frequency. Through optimization of experimental parameters such as acetylene pressure, coupling laser power and decoherence rates it is shown that a pulse delay of 30 ns/m is possible. Limitations imposed on the fiber length by resonance group velocity dispersion and spectral reshaping are also discussed. In addition to optical buffering, we suggest a slow-light based fiber optical gyroscope with an enhanced signal-to-noise ratio of 92. 2009 Copyright SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering.
Original languageEnglish
Article number761202
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume7612
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Feb 2010
EventAdvances in Slow and Fast Light III, January 25, 2010 - January 26, 2010 - San Francisco, CA, USA United States
Duration: 8 Feb 2010 → …

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Advances in Slow and Fast Light III 25-26 January 2010. San Francisco, United states.

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