Wavelength tunable 10-GHz 3-ps pulse source using a dispersion decreasing fiber-based nonlinear optical loop mirror

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 181-185

  Lee, Ju Han ^a   Kogure, Taichi ^b   Richardson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optical loop mirror; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse compression; Optical solitons; Optical switching

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT MODULATION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SOLITONS;

NONLINEAR OPTICAL LOOP MIRRORS; OPTICAL PULSE COMPRESSION; OPTICAL SOLITONS; SOLITON COMPRESSION;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 2442464774     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2003.822911     Document Type: Article

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