Open AccessOn the balance between delay, bandwidth and signal distortion in slow light systems based on stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical fibers
Author(s) -
E. Shumakher,
Nadav Orbach,
Amir Nevet,
David Dahan,
G. Eisenstein
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.14.005877
Subject(s) - brillouin scattering , optics , distortion (music) , bandwidth (computing) , slow light , signal (programming language) , optical fiber , transfer function , physics , scattering , light scattering , modulation (music) , materials science , telecommunications , computer science , acoustics , amplifier , photonic crystal , programming language , electrical engineering , engineering
We describe systematic measurements of the gain and delay spectra in a slow light system based on stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical fibers. The measurements yield the system complex transfer function with which delays and signal distortion can be calculated for any input signal. The theoretical predictions are confirmed experimentally for single pulses as well as 50 Mb/s data streams in a system which employs pump modulation to modify the gain and delay spectra of the SBS process.