'Slow Light' Demonstrated in Optical Fiber
Jul 1, 2005 — A collaboration of researchers from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., the University of Rochester in New York and Duke University in Durham, N.C., has produced optical delays as long as 20 ns -- up to 1.3 times the pulse duration -- in conventional single-mode fiber at room temperature. The "slow light" effect induces delays at telecommunications wavelengths, suggesting potential applications in optical delay lines, buffers and equalizers.
Based on stimulated Brillouin scattering, the...