Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2008, 10(4):45-52 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2008.4.45-52

A Review of Slow- and Fast-Light Based on Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Future Optical Communication Networks

Ronny Henker1, Andrzej Wiatrek1, Kai-Uwe Lauterbach1, Markus Junker1, Thomas Schneider1, Max J. Ammann2, Andreas T. Schwarzbacher2
1 Hochschule für Telekommunikation Leipzig (FH), Leipzig, Germany
2 School of Electronic & Communications Engineering, Dublin Institute of Technology, Kevin Street Dublin 8, Ireland

Slow- and Fast-Light has been investigated during the last years as a powerful tool to reduce and increase the group velocity of light pulses by light. It has enjoyed much recent interest because of the practical applications for telecommunication and information systems. Among these are optical signal processing, radio frequency-photonics, nonlinear optics and time domain spectroscopy. Furthermore, it can be seen as a key technology for optical delay lines, buffers, equalizers and synchronizers in packet switched networks. For a realization, there are different methods and material systems possible. Among them the nonlinear effect of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) is of special interest. This article gives an overview about the fundamentals and some experimental results of the Slow- and Fast-Light effect based on the SBS in optical fibers.

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Henker, R., Wiatrek, A., Lauterbach, K., Junker, M., Schneider, T., Ammann, M.J., & Schwarzbacher, A.T. (2008). A Review of Slow- and Fast-Light Based on Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Future Optical Communication Networks. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 10(4), 45-52. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2008.4.45-52
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