Ultrafast analog all-optical signal processors based on fiber-grating devices

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 359-386

  Azaña, José ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fiber gratings; Photonics signal processing; Pulse shaping; Technologies for computing; Ultrafast devices

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL; FIBER GRATINGS; GRATING DEVICES; PULSE-SHAPING; TEMPORAL INTEGRATION; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRAFAST DEVICES;

FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPINNING (FIBERS);

PHOTONIC DEVICES;

EID: 78751549584     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2010.2047941     Document Type: Review

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