Title :
Tunable optical delays
Author_Institution :
California Inst. of Telecommun. & Inf. Technol., Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Abstract :
Recent record breaking all-optical delay experiments based on fiber parametric wavelength conversion and dispersion are presented and analyzed. Impairment mechanisms and ultimate limits of the delay-generating concept are outlined.
Keywords :
optical delay lines; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical tuning; optical wavelength conversion; fiber dispersion; fiber parametric wavelength conversion; tunable optical delays; two-pump fiber parametric amplifier; Bandwidth; Delay effects; Dispersion; Information technology; Optical buffering; Optical control; Optical recording; Optical sensors; Optical wavelength conversion; Propagation delay;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Winter Topicals Meeting Series, 2009
Conference_Location :
Innsbruck
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2610-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2611-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSWT.2009.4771719
