Nonlinear switching of optical pulses in fiber Bragg gratings

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 508-515

  Lee, Hojoon ^a,b   Agrawal, Govind P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Hoseo University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Nonlinear optics; Optical switches; Periodic structures

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHASE SHIFT;

OPTICAL PULSES;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 0037340812     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2002.808165     Document Type: Article

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