Low distortion slow light in flat Brillouin gain spectrum by using optical frequency comb

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 8026-8032

  Sakamoto, Taiji ^a   Yamamoto, Takashi ^a   Shiraki, Kazuyuki ^a   Kurashima, Toshio ^a  

^a NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL GAIN; OPTICAL PUMPING; SIGNAL DISTORTION;

BROADENING FACTOR; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMB; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMB GENERATION;

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; FILTRATION; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; FILTRATION; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 44649152940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.008026     Document Type: Article

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