Synthesis of temporal optical waveforms by fiber Bragg gratings: A new approach based on space-to-frequency-to-time mapping

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2758-2769

  Azaña, José ^a   Chen, Lawrence R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPULSE RESPONSE; LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT REFLECTION;

OPTICAL WAVEFORMS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 0141788018     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002758     Document Type: Article

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