Generation of customized ultrahigh repetition rate pulse sequences using superimposed fiber Bragg gratings

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1490-1498

  Azaña, José ^a   Slavík, Radan ^b   Kockaert, Pascal ^b,c   Chen, Lawrence R ^a   LaRochelle, Sophie ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs); Optical fiber devices; Optical propagation in dispersive media; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical signal processing

Indexed keywords

LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM OPTICS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

AMPLITUDE FILTERING; OPTICAL PULSE BURST; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION; OPTICAL PULSE SHAPING; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; PHASE FILTERING;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 0041919566     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.810568     Document Type: Article

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