Numerical study of all-optical slow-light delays via stimulated Brillouin scattering in an optical fiber

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2378-2384

  Zhu, Zhaoming ^a   Gauthier, Daniel J ^a   Okawachi, Yoshitomo ^b   Sharping, Jay E ^b   Gaeta, Alexander L ^b   Boyd, Robert W ^c   Willner, Alan E ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DISTORTION (WAVES); FIBER LASERS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PUMPING (LASER); RESONANCE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ALL-OPTICAL SLOW-LIGHT DELAYS; BRILLOUIN AMPLIFIER; GAIN-SATURATION REGIME; PULSE DISTORTION; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 28044460838     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.002378     Document Type: Article

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