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Experimental demonstration of enhanced slow and fast light by forced coherent population oscillations in a SOA

Perrine Berger, Jérôme Bourderionnet, G. de Valicourt, R. Brenot, Fabien Bretenaker, Mehdi Alouini, Daniel Dolfi

Published Sep 1, 2010• 1 citation

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate enhanced slow and fast light at GHz frequencies by forced coherent population oscillations (CPOs) in a SOA. This opens the possibility to conceive a controllable RF phase shifter based on this set-up.

DOI: 10.1109/islc.2010.5642729

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