Optical-Induced Spectral Tuning in Grating-Assisted Nonlinear Couplers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 774-783

  Little, B E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; TUNING; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

ALL OPTICAL SWITCHING; BANDPASS TUNING; FREE DESIGN PARAMETER; GRATING ASSISTED NONLINEAR COUPLERS; NONLINEAR CODIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; OPTICAL INDUCED SPECTRAL TUNING;

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

EID: 0028430418     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: 15582213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.293968     Document Type: Article

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