Tunable passive all-optical pulse repetition rate multiplier using fiber Bragg gratings

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1729-1733

  Pudo, Dominik ^a   Chen, Lawrence R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg gratings; Optical pulse generation; Pulse repetition rate multiplication; Temporal Talbot effect

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; TIMING JITTER;

ALL-OPTICAL PULSE REPETITION RATE MULTIPLIER; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION; PULSE REPETITION RATE MULTIPLICATION; SIGNAL STABILITY; TEMPORAL TALBOT EFFECT;

PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

EID: 18944400711     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.843840     Document Type: Article

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