44-ns continuously tunable dispersionless optical delay element using a PPLN waveguide with two-pump configuration, DCF, and a dispersion compensator

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 861-863

  Wang, Yan ^a   Yu, Changyuan ^b   Yan, Lianshan ^c   Willner, Alan E ^a   Roussev, Rostislav ^d   Langrock, Carsten ^d   Fejer, Martin M ^d   Sharping, Jay E ^e   Gaeta, Alexander L ^e  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c General Photonics Corporation   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Optical delay lines; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION COMPENSATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

LITHIUM-NIOBATE WAVEGUIDE; OPTICAL DELAY LINES; OPTICAL PHASE INFORMATION; TWO-PUMP CONFIGURATION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 34249043236     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.895900     Document Type: Article

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