Abstract
We propose and demonstrate broadband Brillouin slow light using a
multiple-longitudinal-mode tunable fiber laser as Brillouin pump. A tunable
broadband Brillouin pump with a tuning range from 1 520 to 1 555 nm is generated
using a fiber ring laser with a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) as its gain
medium. The pump spectrum consists of a large number of longitudinal modes separated
by 6 MHz. The 3-dB bandwidth is about 11.5 GHz, and its fluctuation is less than 100
MHz within the tuning range. An 8-Gb/s data signal can be delayed by up to 83.0 ps
(bit error rate < 10-9) at 17-dBm pump power.
© 2012 Chinese Optics Letters
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