Photonic-chip-based all-optical ultra-wideband pulse generation via XPM and birefringence in a chalcogenide waveguide

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 2003-2011

  Tan, Kang ^a,b   Marpaung, David ^a   Pant, Ravi ^a   Gao, Feng ^a,d   Li, Enbang ^a   Wang, Jian ^b   Choi, Duk Yong ^c   Madden, Steve ^c   Luther Davies, Barry ^c   Sun, Junqiang ^b   Eggleton, Benjamin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PHASE MODULATION; PULSE GENERATORS; WAVEGUIDES;

CHALCOGENIDE RIB WAVEGUIDES; CROSS-PHASE MODULATIONS; DIFFERENTIATORS; DISPERSION TOLERANCE; MULTI SHAPES; MULTI-MODULATION; OPTICAL CARRIERS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND PULSE; UWB-OVER-FIBER;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

CHALCOGEN;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER NETWORK; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

BIREFRINGENCE; CHALCOGENS; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; REFRACTOMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874044380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.002003     Document Type: Article

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