title: Observation of large 10-Gb/s SBS slow light delay with low distortion using an optimized gain profile.
abstract: An optimum SBS gain profile is designed to achieve better slow-light performance. It consists of a nearly flat-top profile with sharp edges. Tunable delays up to 3 pulse widths for 100-ps-long input pulses, corresponding to 10 Gb/s data rates, are found while keeping an output-input pulse-width ratio below 1.8. Bit-error-rate (BER) measurements performed for a non-return-to-zero modulation format demonstrates 28 ps of delay under error-free operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA. ec82@phy.duke.edu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cabrera-Granado
authors.forename: Oscar G
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Calderón
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Melle
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Gauthier