title: On the balance between delay, bandwidth and signal distortion in slow light systems based on stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical fibers.
abstract: We describe systematic measurements of the gain and delay spectra in a slow light system based on stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical fibers. The measurements yield the system complex transfer function with which delays and signal distortion can be calculated for any input signal. The theoretical predictions are confirmed experimentally for single pulses as well as 50 Mb/s data streams in a system which employs pump modulation to modify the gain and delay spectra of the SBS process.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shumakher
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Orbach
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nevet
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dahan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Eisenstein