title: Slow light propagation in a ring erbium-doped fiber.
abstract: Slow light propagation is demonstrated by implementing Coherent Population Oscillations in a silica fiber doped with erbium ions in a ring surrounding the single mode core. Though only the wings of the mode interact with erbium ions, group velocities around 1360 m/s are obtained without any spatial distortion of the propagating mode.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures, CNRS UPR20, F-91460 Marcoussis, France. kamel.bencheikh@lpn.cnrs.fr
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bencheikh
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Baldit
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Briaudeau
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Monnier
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Levenson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mélin
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State; D008027:Light; D012542:Scattering, Radiation