Title :
Slow light in nonlinear fibre Bragg gratings
Author :
Mok, Joe ; De Sterke, Martijn ; Littler, Ian ; Eggleton, Benjamin
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
We observe slow gap solitons of width 0.68 ns propagating through a fibre Bragg grating, with a group velocity of ~c/6. Nonlinearity maintains the pulses´ temporal width, which would otherwise undergo dispersive broadening.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; energy gap; light propagation; optical constants; optical fibre dispersion; optical solitons; spectral line broadening; dispersive broadening; group velocity; nonlinear fibre Bragg grating; pulse temporal width; slow gap soliton propagation; Bragg gratings; Delay; Fiber gratings; Frequency; Optical distortion; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Photonic band gap; Slow light; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society, 2006. ACOFT/AOS 2006. Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-1-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-1-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519278
