Stabilized Long-Distance Superluminal Propagation Based on Polarization-Matched Low-Noise Brillouin Lasing Resonance

This paper comprehensively investigated noise characteristics of superluminal propagation based on low-noise single-frequency Brillouin lasing oscillation with the aid of a population inversion dynamic grating. Thanks to high-degree polarization alignment between the Brillouin pump and the lased Sto...

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Autores principales: Liang Zhang, Zhelan Xiao, Zenghuan Qiu, Jilin Zhang, Li Zhan, Fufei Pang, Tingyun Wang
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:1040cd4414ef4a598684f851a417f7652021-11-17T00:00:06ZStabilized Long-Distance Superluminal Propagation Based on Polarization-Matched Low-Noise Brillouin Lasing Resonance1943-065510.1109/JPHOT.2021.3124611https://doaj.org/article/1040cd4414ef4a598684f851a417f7652022-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9599583/https://doaj.org/toc/1943-0655This paper comprehensively investigated noise characteristics of superluminal propagation based on low-noise single-frequency Brillouin lasing oscillation with the aid of a population inversion dynamic grating. Thanks to high-degree polarization alignment between the Brillouin pump and the lased Stokes lightwaves in polarization maintaining fibers, efficient Brillouin lasing resonance with over 10-dB relative intensity noise suppression has been demonstrated to activate Brillouin loss-induced anomalous dispersion in the vicinity of pump signals, benefiting a noise-insensitive superluminal propagation along kilometer-long optical fibers with robust resistance to ambient disturbance. Consequently, sinusoidally modulated pump signals experienced the time advancement of 4634.0 ns at the group velocity of 10.63<italic>c</italic>. Results show that the variance of the fractional advancement with polarization maintaining fibers is 2.54 &#x00D7; 10<sup>&#x2212;4</sup> which is two orders of magnitude lower than that of conventional single mode fibers. Furthermore, the dependence of the group velocity on the modulation frequency was experimentally investigated, showing good agreement with the theoretical analysis.Liang ZhangZhelan XiaoZenghuan QiuJilin ZhangLi ZhanFufei PangTingyun WangIEEEarticleStimulated Brillouin scatteringslow and fast lightsuperluminalpolarization maintaining fibersApplied optics. PhotonicsTA1501-1820Optics. LightQC350-467ENIEEE Photonics Journal, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2022)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Stimulated Brillouin scattering
slow and fast light
superluminal
polarization maintaining fibers
Applied optics. Photonics
TA1501-1820
Optics. Light
QC350-467
spellingShingle Stimulated Brillouin scattering
slow and fast light
superluminal
polarization maintaining fibers
Applied optics. Photonics
TA1501-1820
Optics. Light
QC350-467
Liang Zhang
Zhelan Xiao
Zenghuan Qiu
Jilin Zhang
Li Zhan
Fufei Pang
Tingyun Wang
Stabilized Long-Distance Superluminal Propagation Based on Polarization-Matched Low-Noise Brillouin Lasing Resonance
description This paper comprehensively investigated noise characteristics of superluminal propagation based on low-noise single-frequency Brillouin lasing oscillation with the aid of a population inversion dynamic grating. Thanks to high-degree polarization alignment between the Brillouin pump and the lased Stokes lightwaves in polarization maintaining fibers, efficient Brillouin lasing resonance with over 10-dB relative intensity noise suppression has been demonstrated to activate Brillouin loss-induced anomalous dispersion in the vicinity of pump signals, benefiting a noise-insensitive superluminal propagation along kilometer-long optical fibers with robust resistance to ambient disturbance. Consequently, sinusoidally modulated pump signals experienced the time advancement of 4634.0 ns at the group velocity of 10.63<italic>c</italic>. Results show that the variance of the fractional advancement with polarization maintaining fibers is 2.54 &#x00D7; 10<sup>&#x2212;4</sup> which is two orders of magnitude lower than that of conventional single mode fibers. Furthermore, the dependence of the group velocity on the modulation frequency was experimentally investigated, showing good agreement with the theoretical analysis.
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author Liang Zhang
Zhelan Xiao
Zenghuan Qiu
Jilin Zhang
Li Zhan
Fufei Pang
Tingyun Wang
author_facet Liang Zhang
Zhelan Xiao
Zenghuan Qiu
Jilin Zhang
Li Zhan
Fufei Pang
Tingyun Wang
author_sort Liang Zhang
title Stabilized Long-Distance Superluminal Propagation Based on Polarization-Matched Low-Noise Brillouin Lasing Resonance
title_short Stabilized Long-Distance Superluminal Propagation Based on Polarization-Matched Low-Noise Brillouin Lasing Resonance
title_full Stabilized Long-Distance Superluminal Propagation Based on Polarization-Matched Low-Noise Brillouin Lasing Resonance
title_fullStr Stabilized Long-Distance Superluminal Propagation Based on Polarization-Matched Low-Noise Brillouin Lasing Resonance
title_full_unstemmed Stabilized Long-Distance Superluminal Propagation Based on Polarization-Matched Low-Noise Brillouin Lasing Resonance
title_sort stabilized long-distance superluminal propagation based on polarization-matched low-noise brillouin lasing resonance
publisher IEEE
publishDate 2022
url https://doaj.org/article/1040cd4414ef4a598684f851a417f765
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