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Ultraslow Gaussian pulse propagation induced by a dispersive phase coupling in photorefractive bismuth silicon oxide crystals at room temperature

✍ Scribed by Fang Bo; Guoquan Zhang; Jingjun Xu


Book ID
104073240
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
212 KB
Volume
261
Category
Article
ISSN
0030-4018

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✦ Synopsis


By use of the highly dispersive phase coupling effect in a photorefractive wave mixing process, we have observed ultraslow propagation of a single Gaussian light pulse with a group velocity 0.5 m/s in a photorefractive Bi 12 SiO 20 crystal at room temperature. The ultraslow Gaussian pulse is amplified due to an intensity coupling effect but keeping its Gaussian profile with high fidelity. The group velocity of the Gaussian pulse can be controlled to a large extent. This technique is useful for controllable optical delay lines.