Transient stimulated Brillouin scattering in a fiber ring resonator and its effect on optical Kerr bistability

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 93-100

  Li, Hongpu ^a   Ogusu, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PHASE SHIFT; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FIBER RING RESONATORS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0035584846     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.18.000093     Document Type: Article

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