Improved slow-light delay performance of a broadband stimulated Brillouin scattering system using fiber Bragg gratings

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 34, 2008, Pages 6404-6415

  Lee, Myungjun ^a   Pant, Ravi ^b   Neifeld, Mark A ^a,b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; SLOW LIGHT; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

DELAY PERFORMANCE; FRACTIONAL DELAY; LIGHT SYSTEMS; PHYSICAL DEVICES; PULSE DELAY; SLOW-LIGHT DELAY; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING (SBS); SYSTEM RESOURCES;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 60949103058     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.006404     Document Type: Conference Paper

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