Applications of ultrashort pulse propagation in Bragg gratings for wavelength-division multiplexing and code-division multiple access

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2117-2129

  Chen, Lawrence R ^a,c   Benjamin, Seldon D ^a,b,d,e   Smith, Peter W E ^{a,c,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o}   Sipe, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Corning Inc ^*  (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CMC Electronics   (Canada)

^g LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^j TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^k Ontario Laser Lightwave Res Ctr   (Canada)

^l OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^m Ontario Laser Lightwave Res Ctr ^*

ⁿ Canadian Association of Physicists   (Canada)

^o IEEE

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Author keywords

Code division multiple access; Fiber Bragg gratings; Optical propagation; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LASER PULSES; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 0032204089     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.726603     Document Type: Article

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