Ultrafast polarisation-independent all-optical switching using a polarisation diversity scheme in the nonlinear optical loop mirror

Electronics Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 20, 1992, Pages 1864-1866

  Uchiyama, K ^a   Takara, H ^a   Kawanishi, S ^a   Morioka, T ^a   Saruwatari, M ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optical communication; Optical switching

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; MIRRORS;

NONLINEAR OPTICALLOOP MIRROR; POLARIZATION DIVERSITY SCHEME; POLARIZATION-INDEPENDENT ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING; SWITCHED SIGNAL POWERS VARIATION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0026926137     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19921193     Document Type: Article

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