Soliton self-frequency shift: Experimental demonstrations and applications

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 713-723

  Lee, Jennifer H ^b   Van Howe, James ^c   Xu, Chris ^a,b   Liu, Xiang ^a,d  

^a IEEE

^b Cornell University   (United States)

^c AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

^d LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Optical solitons; Soliton self frequency shift (SSFS); Tunable optical sources

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; DEMONSTRATIONS; DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION; FIBER OPTICS; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; SOLITONS;

(060.2410) FIBERS; ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL; CERENKOV RADIATION (CR); FIBER BASED SOURCES; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; MICRO-STRUCTURED FIBERS; RED-SHIFTS; SINGLE-MODE FIBER (SMF); SLOW LIGHT; SOLITON SELF-FREQUENCY SHIFT (SSFS); WAVELENGTH AGILE LASERS;

FIBERS;

EID: 45249102439     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2008.915526     Document Type: Article

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