Interferometric all-optical switches for ultrafast signal processing

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2831-2842

  Patel, Naimish S ^a,b   Hall, Katherine L ^a   Rauschenbach, Kristin A ^a  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Sycamore Networks   (United States)

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EID: 0000299389     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.002831     Document Type: Article

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