Nonlinear switching and reshaping of slow-light pulses in Bragg-grating couplers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Ha, Sangwoo ^a   Sukhorukov, Andrey A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; DISPERSION (WAVES); LIGHT; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL PULSE SHAPING; PHASE SHIFT; SWITCHING; WAVEGUIDES;

BRAGG GRATING COUPLER; DISPERSION CHARACTERISTICS; FABRICATION PROCESS; NONLINEAR DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; NONLINEAR SWITCHING; PARALLEL WAVEGUIDES; PROPAGATION VELOCITIES; SELF-ACTION OF LIGHTS;

SLOW LIGHT;

EID: 59949102813     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.000C15     Document Type: Article

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