Slow light in periodic superstructure Bragg gratings

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

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Janner, D ^a,b   Galzerano, G ^a,b   Della Valle, G ^a,b   Laporta, P ^a,b   Longhi, S ^a,b   Belmonte, M ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Avanex Corporation   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUP VELOCITY REDUCTION; PERIODIC SUPERSTRUCTURE; SUB-NANOSECOND PULSES;

LASER PULSES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; VELOCITY;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 28844443496     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.056605     Document Type: Article

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