Time-domain waveform processing by chromatic dispersion for temporal shaping of optical pulses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2427-2436

  Saperstein, Robert E ^a   Alić, Nikola ^a   Panasenko, Dmitriy ^a,b   Rokitski, Rostislav ^a   Fainman, Yeshaiahu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CHROMATIC DISPERSION; SPECTRAL DECOMPOSITION WAVE (SDW); TEMPORAL SHAPING;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 28044448110     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.002427     Document Type: Article

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