Open AccessExperimental demonstration of all-optical tunable delay line based on distortion-less slow and fast light using soliton collision in optical fiber
Author(s) -
T. Kobayashi,
Atsushi Maeda,
Shunri Oda,
Akihiro Maruta
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.14.011736
Subject(s) - optics , distortion (music) , slow light , optical fiber , wavelength , soliton , collision , physics , pulse (music) , pulse shaping , amplitude , materials science , optoelectronics , laser , computer science , nonlinear system , amplifier , computer security , cmos , photonic crystal , quantum mechanics , detector
We experimentally demonstrate an all-optical tunable delay line based on slow and fast light using soliton collision in an optical fiber. By varying the amplitude, wavelength, and number of the control soliton pulses, we accomplish both distortion-less slow and fast light generation and achieve the consecutive temporal shift up to 7.3ps for a 4.1ps-width pulse, which corresponds to the maximum delay-to-pulse-width ratio of 1.8.