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Introducing precise spatio-temporal structure into a pulsed optical field can lead to remarkable changes with its free propagation. `Space-time' (ST) wave packets, for example, propagate rigidly at a tunable group velocity in free space by…

Optics · Physics 2021-07-14 Layton A. Hall , Ayman F. Abouraddy

Delay lines that store quantum information are crucial for advancing quantum repeaters and hardware efficient quantum computers. Traditionally, they are realized as extended systems that support wave propagation but provide limited control…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-31 Takuma Makihara , Nathan Lee , Yudan Guo , Wenyan Guan , Amir H. Safavi-Naeini

In this work, we propose and demonstrate a module to linearly add an arbitrary amount of continuous (reset-free) phase delay to an optical signal. The proposed endless optical phase delay (EOPD) uses an optical IQ modulator and control…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-18 Rakesh Ashok , Sana Naaz , Shalabh Gupta

In multipath systems, available degrees of freedom can be considered as a key performance indicator, since the channel capacity grows linearly with the available degrees of freedom. However, a fundamental question arises: given a size…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Farhana Bashar , S. M. Akramus Salehin , Thushara D. Abhayapala

Free Space Optics (FSO) communication provides attractive bandwidth enhancement with unlicensed bands worldwide spectrum. However, the link capacity and availability are the major concern in the different atmospheric conditions. The…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-23 Gebrehiwet Gebrekrstos Lema

We realize variable control of the group delay in an electromagnetically induced transparency-like metamaterial. Its unit cell is designed to have a bright mode and a dark mode. The coupling strength between these two modes is determined by…

Optics · Physics 2012-02-08 Yasuhiro Tamayama , Toshihiro Nakanishi , Masao Kitano

We review our last work on dispersion-engineered heterogeneous multicore fiber links designed to act as tunable true time delay lines for radiofrequency signals. This approach allows the realization of fiber distributed signal processing in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-10-30 Sergi Garcia , Ivana Gasulla

The optoelectronic oscillator is a delay line oscillator that leverages optical fiber technology to realize the large delay required for low phase noise systems. Spurious sidemodes are an artifact of the delay line oscillator, yet…

Optics · Physics 2022-05-11 Mehedi Hasan , Abhijit Banerjee , Trevor James Hall

Tunable optical delay lines that simultaneously offer nanosecond-scale delay, broadband operation, low dispersion, and compact footprint remain challenging to realize with conventional integrated photonic platforms. Here we demonstrate a…

Optics · Physics 2026-02-06 Manuel Crespo-Ballesteros , Misha Sumetsky

Initial access in millimeter-wave (mmW) wireless is critical toward successful realization of the fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks and beyond. Limited bandwidth in existing standards and use of phase-shifters in analog/hybrid…

Space-time light structuring has emerged as a very powerful tool for controlling the propagation dynamics of pulsed beam. The ability to manipulate and generate space-time distributions of light has been remarkably enhanced in past few…

Optics · Physics 2022-10-26 Pierre Béjot , Bertrand Kibler

Beam splitters and delay lines are among the key building blocks of modern-day optical laser technologies. Progress in x-ray free electron laser source development and applications over the past decade is calling for their counter part…

We show that light pulses can be stopped and stored all-optically, with a process that involves an adiabatic and reversible pulse bandwidth compression occurring entirely in the optical domain. Such a process overcomes the fundamental…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Mehmet Fatih Yanik , Shanhui Fan

The decadal research in integrated true-time-delay arrays have seen organic growth enabling realization of wideband beamformers for large arrays with wide aperture widths. This article introduces highly reconfigurable delay elements…

Interest in the nonlinear properties of multi-mode optical waveguides has seen a recent resurgence on account of the large dimensionality afforded by the platform. However, a perceived fundamental limitation of intermodal parametric…

Spatial gaps correspond to the projection in position space of the gaps of a periodic structure whose envelope varies spatially. They can be easily generated in cold atomic physics using finite-size optical lattice, and provide a new kind…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-07-07 F. Damon , G. Condon , P. Cheiney , A. Fortun , B. Georgeot , J. Billy , D. Guery-Odelin

We show that the velocity and thus the frequency of a signal pulse can be adjusted by the use of a control Airy pulse. In particular, we utilize a nonlinear Airy pulse which, via cross-phase modulation, creates an effective potential for…

In this letter we report the first experimental observation of temporal delay control of large-spectral-bandwidth multimode laser pulses by means of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). We achieved controllable retardation with…

One of the major advances needed to realize all-optical information processing of light is the ability to delay or coherently store and retrieve optical information in a rapidly tunable manner. In the classical domain, this optical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-02-03 Darrick Chang , Amir H. Safavi-Naeini , Mohammad Hafezi , Oskar Painter

The optical fiber used as a microwave delay line exhibits high stability and low noise and makes accessible a long delay (>100 microseconds) in a wide bandwidth (about 40 GHz, limited by the optronic components). Hence, it finds…