All-optical switch with switch-off time unrestricted by carrier lifetime

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 12 A, 1993, Pages L1746-L1749

  Tajima, Kazuhito ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

All optical switch; Nonlinear optics; Nonlinear refraction; Optical communication; Ultrafast; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

CARRIER LIFETIME; NONLINEAR REFRACTION; SQUARE MODULATION; ULTRAFAST SWITCHING;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0027347780     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.32.L1746     Document Type: Article

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