Room-temperature spectral hole burning in an engineered inhomogeneously broadened resonance

We observe spectral hole burning in a room-temperature optical fiber pumped by a spectrally broadened pump beam. This beam drives the stimulated Brillouin process, creating an inhomogeneously broadened resonance in the material whose shape can be engineered by tailoring the beam's spectrum. A m...

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Published in:Optics letters 2008-10, Vol.33 (20), p.2374-2376
Main Authors: JUAREZ, Adrian A, VILASECA, Ramon, ZHAOMING ZHU, GAUTHIER, Daniel J
Format: Article
Language:English
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Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Nonlinear optics
Optics
Physics
Stimulated brillouin and rayleigh scattering
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Summary:We observe spectral hole burning in a room-temperature optical fiber pumped by a spectrally broadened pump beam. This beam drives the stimulated Brillouin process, creating an inhomogeneously broadened resonance in the material whose shape can be engineered by tailoring the beam's spectrum. A monochromatic saturating beam "burns" a narrow spectral hole that is approximately 10(4) times narrower than the inhomogeneous width of the resonance. This research paves the way toward agile optical information processing and storage using standard telecommunication components.
ISSN:0146-9592
1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/OL.33.002374