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
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