Slow and fast light in a microsphere-optical fiber system

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2194-2199

  Totsuka, Kouki ^a   Tomita, Makoto ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DISPERSIONS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

COUPLING STRENGTH; DIRECTIONAL COUPLING THEORY; FIBER TAPER; MICROSPHERE; OPTICAL FIBER SYSTEM; PULSE PROPAGATION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33751254351     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.002194     Document Type: Article

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