Tunable optical delay using four-wave mixing in a 35-cm highly nonlinear bismuth-oxide fiber and group velocity dispersion

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 499-504

  Fok, Mable P ^a,b   Shu, Chester ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chirped fiber Bragg grating (CFBG); Dispersion compensated fiber (DCF); Four wave mixing (FWM); Highly nonlinear bismuth oxide fiber; Tunable optical delay

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BIT ERROR RATE; DISPERSION COMPENSATION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PHASE SHIFT KEYING; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

AMPLITUDE-SHIFT KEYING; CHIRPED FIBER BRAGG GRATING; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE-SHIFT KEYING; TUNABLE OPTICAL DELAY;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

EID: 41149117106     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.916542     Document Type: Article

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