Bragg grating-based optical switching in a bismuth-oxide fiber with strong x(3)-nonlinearity

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 5868-5873

  Kabakova, Irina V ^a   Grobnic, Dan ^b   Mihailov, Stephen ^b   Mägi, Eric C ^a   De Sterke, C Martijn ^a   Eggleton, Benjamin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Industry Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; PHASE MODULATION; SILICA; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

CROSS-PHASE MODULATIONS; EXTINCTION RATIOS; NON-LINEARITY; NONLINEAR SWITCHING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTICAL SWITCHING; OXIDE FIBERS; STOP-BANDS; SWITCHING POWER;

BISMUTH;

BISMUTH; BISMUTH OXIDE; GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BISMUTH; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79953166415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.005868     Document Type: Article

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