Slow light in a semiconductor waveguide for true-time delay applications in microwave photonics

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1145-1147

  Öhman, Filip ^a   Yvind, Kresten ^a   Mørk, Jesper ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Microwave photonics; Optical signal processing; Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); Slow light

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR WAVEGUIDE;

MICROWAVE DEVICES; PHASE CONTROL; PHASE SHIFT; PHOTONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 34547131579     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.901435     Document Type: Article

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