Stabilizing slow light delay in stimulated Brillouin scattering using a Faraday rotator mirror

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Walker, D R ^a   Bashkansky, M ^a   Gulian, A ^a,b   Fatemi, F K ^a   Steiner, M ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SFA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SLOW LIGHT;

FARADAY ROTATOR MIRROR; SBS SLOW LIGHTS; SLOW-LIGHT DELAY; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING (SBS); STOKES BEAM;

STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

EID: 58149129121     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.000C61     Document Type: Article

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