Active control of the group velocity in optical fibres is demonstrated, allowing long delays, faster-than-light propagation and even negative velocity, for which the peak of a pulse exits the fibre before entering the input end
Title
Slow, superluminal and negative group velocity in optical fibres using stimulated Brillouin scattering
Published in
31st European Conference on Optical Communication
Volume
5
Pages
7-8
Conference
31st European Conference on Optical Communication - ECOC 2005, Glasgow UK, Sept. 25-29, 2005
Date
2005
Publisher
IET
ISBN
0-86341-543-1
Note
Lab. of Nanophotonics & Metrol., EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, 8625073, slow group velocity, superluminal group velocity, negative group velocity, optical fibres, stimulated Brillouin scattering, delays, faster-than-light propagation
Record creation date
2008-09-29