Spectral hole burning in erbium-doped fibers for slow light

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2189-2198

  Melle, Sonia ^a   Calderón, Oscar G ^a   Antón, Miguel A ^a   Carreño, Fernando ^a   Egatz Gómez, Ana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Texas A M University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; PHONONS;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBERS; ERBIUM FIBERS; FRACTIONAL DELAY; GAUSSIAN PROBE PULSE; HOMOGENEOUS BROADENING; LINEWIDTH DEPENDENCE; NONLINEAR FIELD EQUATIONS; PHONON PROCESS; POWER-LAW DEPENDENCES; RAMAN PROCESS; SPECTRAL HOLE; SPECTRAL-HOLE BURNING; SUBLUMINAL; TRANSMITTANCE MEASUREMENTS;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 84865715536     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.002189     Document Type: Article

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