Picosecond soliton pulse-duration-selectable source based on adiabatic compression in Raman amplifier

Electronics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 622-624

  Reeves Hall, P C ^a   Lewis, S A E ^a   Chernikov, S V ^a,b   Taylor, J R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IP Fibre Optics Ltd

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; ELECTRON ABSORPTION; FIBER LASERS; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SOLITONS;

ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 0033906620     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20000497     Document Type: Article

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