Superluminal Propagation at Negative Group Velocity in Optical Fibers Based on Brillouin Lasing Oscillation

被引:61
作者
Zhang, Liang [1 ]
Zhan, Li [1 ]
Qian, Kai [1 ]
Liu, Jinmei [1 ]
Shen, Qishun [1 ]
Hu, Xiao [1 ]
Luo, Shouyu [1 ]
机构
[1] Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Minist Educ, State Key Lab Adv Opt Commun Syst & Networks, Dept Phys,Key Lab Laser Plasmas, Shanghai 200240, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
SLOW LIGHT-PROPAGATION; PULSE-PROPAGATION; ANOMALOUS-DISPERSION; DELAY; AMPLIFIER; SPEED;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.093903
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We report superluminal propagation in optical fibers using Brillouin lasing oscillation in a ring cavity. Negative group velocity propagation through a 10-m single mode fiber has been experimentally demonstrated. An advancement of 221.2 ns was observed before the input signal, which was achieved with a very high slope efficiency of 211: 3 ns/dB. This indicates that this way is suitable for long-distance low-loss superluminal propagation via optical fibers. Correspondingly, the group velocity is -0:151c and the group index is -6:636-the highest group velocity ever reported for optical fibers.
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