Slow and fast light in optical fibres

Thevenaz

王号 Wang Hao, 掌蕴东 Zhang Yundong, 叶建波 Ye Jianbo +4 more

Luc Thévenaz A

The ubiquitous role occupied by optical fibres in modern photonic systems has steadily stimulated research to realize slow and fast light devices directly in this close-to-perfect transmission line. This potentially offers the key advantage of a direct and flexible integration in most existing optical systems. The recent progress in the realization of optically-controlled delays in optical fibres, under normal environmental conditions and in the high-transparency spectral region, has paved the way towards real applications based on slow and fast light. This presentation shows the state-of-the-art research in this fascinating field and the possible outcomes in the near future.

Francisco Arrieta-Yáñez, Óscar G. Calderón, Sonia Melle

In this paper we review the main results on slow and fast light induced by coherent population oscillations in optical fibres doped with erbium ions. We explain the physics behind this technique and we describe the experimental realization. Finally, we summarize some recent advances in this field and future goals.

Zhaoming Zhu

Yundong Zhang, Wei Qiu, Jianbo Ye +5 more