Slow and fast light via SBS in optical fibers for short pulses and broadband pump

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 12693-12703

  Kalosha, V P ^a   Chen, Liang ^a   Bao, Xiaoyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; BROADBAND NETWORKS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL PUMPING; SIGNAL DISTORTION;

PUMP DEPLETION; SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBERS; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING (SBS);

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33845787455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.012693     Document Type: Article

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