A tunable optical delay line based on slow light

Yundong Zhang; Wei Qiu; Tian He; Jianbo Ye; Ping Yuan

doi:10.1117/12.688424

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5 October 2006 A tunable optical delay line based on slow light

Yundong Zhang, Wei Qiu, Tian He, Jianbo Ye, Ping Yuan

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Proceedings Volume 6352, Optoelectronic Materials and Devices; 635204 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.688424
Event: Asia-Pacific Optical Communications, 2006, Gwangju, South Korea

Abstract

Based on the solution of the density matrix of motion equations we gave a theoretical simulation and experimental measurement of reduction of light propagation for a doped Er+ fiber by population oscillation. The effects of the concentration of doped Er ion density and fiber length were given in the paper. The measured data was agree with theoretical simulation well. Maximum delay is 10.75ms. The delay is tunable by changing modulation frequency and laser input power. The result showed the delay based on slow light in fiber can be proposed a novel optical delay line.

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Yundong Zhang, Wei Qiu, Tian He, Jianbo Ye, and Ping Yuan "A tunable optical delay line based on slow light", Proc. SPIE 6352, Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, 635204 (5 October 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.688424

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