• DocumentCode
    1130446
  • Title

    Slow down to speed up - [comms slow light]

  • Author

    Conti, Juan

  • Volume
    4
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    70
  • Lastpage
    71
  • Abstract
    How the slowing of light could benefit fibre-optic communications, that is speeding up telecommunications networks, is discussed. Mechanisms for the potential telecoms application are briefly explained - resynchronisation and regeneration processes.
  • Keywords
    light propagation; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; quantum optics; fibre-optic communications; regeneration; resynchronisation; slow light;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Engineering & Technology
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    1750-9637
  • Type

    jour

  • Filename
    5160838