105-ns continuously tunable delay of 10-Gb/s optical signal

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1187-1189

  Alic, N ^a   Windmiller, J R ^a   Coles, J B ^a   Moro, S ^a   Myslivets, E ^a   Saperstein, R E ^a   Chavez Boggio, J M ^a   Bres, C S ^a   Radic, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Fiber optic communications; Optical delay; Parametric amplifiers; Wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

10 GB/ S; ALL-OPTICAL; BANDWIDTH PRODUCTS; FIBER-OPTIC COMMUNICATIONS; FIGURE OF MERITS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL CHANNELS; OPTICAL DELAY; OPTICAL SIGNALS; PARAMETRIC PROCESS; PERFORMANCE LIMITS; TUNABLE OPTICAL DELAY LINES; TWO PUMPS; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

ELECTRIC DELAY LINES; FIBER OPTICS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 58249126713     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.925499     Document Type: Article

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