Enhanced fast light in microfiber ring resonator with a Sagnac loop reflector

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 16156-16161

  Wang, Tao ^a   Li, Xiaohui ^a   Liu, Fangfei ^a   Long, Weihong ^a   Zhang, Ziyang ^b   Tong, Limin ^c   Su, Yikai ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUP DELAY; REFLECTION;

FAST LIGHT; MICRO-FIBER; RING RESONATOR; SAGNAC LOOP;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 77954934979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.016156     Document Type: Article

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