Slowing of pulses to c/10 with subwatt power levels and low latency using Brillouin amplification in a bismuth-oxide optical fiber

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 216-221

  Misas, César Jáuregui ^a   Petropoulos, Periklis ^a   Richardson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optical fibers; Scattering; Slow light; Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS)

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PUMPING;

BISMUTH-OXIDE FIBER; SLOW-LIGHT DEVICE;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 34147094301     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.887185     Document Type: Conference Paper

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