Performance of field-enhanced optical switching in fiber Bragg gratings

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1343-1351

  Kabakova, Irina V ^a   Walsh, Therese ^a   De Sterke, C Martijn ^a   Eggleton, Benjamin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING; IN-FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; INDEX CONTRASTS; INTENSITY ENHANCEMENT; NON-LINEAR THRESHOLDS; NONLINEAR COUPLED-MODE EQUATIONS; OPTICAL SWITCHING; PHASE-SHIFTED GRATINGS; RELATIVE BANDWIDTH; RESPONSE TIME;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 77955720383     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.001343     Document Type: Article

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