Bistable switching and reshaping of optical pulses in a Bragg grating cavity

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2648-2653

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; SILICA;

ALL-OPTICAL; BISTABLE SWITCHING; DETUNED; DYNAMIC EFFECTS; HIGH-FINESSE CAVITY; INPUT PULSE; LEADING EDGE; NON-LINEARITY; NONLINEAR CAVITIES; OPTICAL PULSE; OUTPUT PULSE; OUTPUT WAVEFORM; PICOSECONDS; PULSE SHAPES; RESPONSE TIME; SILICA GLASS; TIME-SCALES; ULTRA-FAST;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 78649911122     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.002648     Document Type: Article

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