Group delay tuning in active fiber Bragg gratings: From superluminal to subluminal pulse reflection

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Longhi, Stefano ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUP DELAY TUNING; LASING THRESHOLD; SUBLUMINAL PULSE REFLECTION; TAPERED GRATINGS;

GAIN CONTROL; LASER PULSES; PHASE SHIFT;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 28844437984     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.056614     Document Type: Article

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