DOI: 10.1007/s00340-012-5208-1
Abstract:
A hybrid optical fiber delayer based on stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) slow light is proposed for dual-channel systems. It features two rings as delay lines, where one is an active ring with a Brillouin amplifier and the other is a passive ring. It combines SBS slow light delay with linear transmission delay, which extends the delay range in a great amount. A maximum SBS slow light delay of 468 ns and the capability for tunable delay of over 10 µs for pulses of nanoseconds are demonstrated...
Excerpt:
Using fusion splicing, the loss in the passive ring is mainly introduced by the switch. Taking an ultra-fast 2 x 2 switch of NS series (Agiltron Company) for example, the typical insertion loss is 0.6 dB for single pass...