1 μs tunable delay using parametric mixing and optical phase conjugation in Si waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 7004-7010

  Dai, Yitang ^a   Chen, Xianpei ^a   Okawachi, Yoshitomo ^a   Turner Foster, Amy C ^a   Foster, Mark A ^a   Lipson, Michal ^a   Gaeta, Alexander L ^a   Xu, Chris ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVEGUIDES;

FOUR-WAVE-MIXING PROCESS; LARGE DELAYS; OPTICAL DELAY; OPTICAL SIGNALS; SI-WAVEGUIDE; SILICON WAVEGUIDE; TUNABLE DISPERSION COMPENSATION; TUNING RANGES;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TIME;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICON; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 66549085984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.007004     Document Type: Article

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