Picosecond-Accuracy All-Optical Bit Phase Sensing Using a Nonlinear Optical Loop Mirror

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 935-937

  Hall, K L ^a   Rauschenbach, K A ^a   Swanson, E A ^a   Chinn, S R ^a   Raybon, G ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATOR CIRCUITS; MIRRORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLITONS;

ALL OPTICAL BIT PHASE COMPARATOR; NONLINEAR OPTICAL LOOP MIRROR; PICOSECOND ACCURACY ALL OPTICAL BIT PHASE SENSING;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0029357333     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.404020     Document Type: Article

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