Demonstration of the Nonlinear Fibre Loop Mirror as an Ultrafast All-Optical Demultiplexer

Electronics Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 1990, Pages 962-964

  Blow, K J ^a   Doran, N J ^a   Nelson, B P ^a  

^a MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demultiplexing; Nonlinear optics; Optical communications

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL DEVICES--SWITCHING;

ALL-OPTICAL DEMULTIPLEXER; FOUR-PORT DEMULTIPLEXER; NONLINEAR FIBRE LOOP MIRROR; SHORT PULSES;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0025700790     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19900626     Document Type: Article

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