Dispersionless slow light using gap solitons

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 775-780

  Mok, Joe T ^a   De Sterke, C Martijn ^a   Littler, Ian C M ^a   Eggleton, Benjamin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LASER PULSES; SOLITONS;

DISPERSIONLESS; GAP SOLITON; LIGHT SYSTEMS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PROPAGATION LENGTHS; SHORT LIGHT PULSE; SUB-NANOSECOND PULSE; TRADE OFF;

SLOW LIGHT;

EID: 33750619128     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys438     Document Type: Article

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