Tunable delay slow-light in an active fiber Bragg grating

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 22217-22222

  Qian, Kai ^a   Zhan, Li ^a   Li, Honggen ^a   Hu, Xiao ^a   Peng, Junsong ^a   Zhang, Liang ^a   Xia, Yuxing ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; GROUP DELAY; LIGHT VELOCITY; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SLOW LIGHT;

CONTROLLABLE DELAYS; ER/YB CO-DOPED FIBER; GROUP VELOCITIES; OPTICAL DELAY; SIGNAL LIGHT; SIGNAL WAVELENGTH; SIMPLE APPROACH; STRONG DISPERSION;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 72449143603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.022217     Document Type: Article

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