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Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE

Stronger slow light effect in densely doped erbium fibers

Xioajue Tang, Yan Xue

Published Oct 17, 2008• 0 citations
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Abstract

We perform a study of extremely slow pulse propagation speed in densely-doped erbium fibers by using a detuned signal. A quantum coherence effect, coherent population oscillations, produces a very narrow spectral "hole" in the homogeneous broadened absorption profile of the erbium-doped fiber. The resulting rapid spectral variation of the refractive index leads to a large value of the group index. The interparticle interaction between the nearest neighboring active particles due to the high density of erbium ions is considered. The result shows that the nonlinear refractive index can be greatly increased which leads to the smaller group velocity and the larger time delay.

DOI
10.1117/12.803442

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