Soliton loop mirror demultiplexer using orthogonally polarized signal and control

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 906-908

  Dennis, Michael L ^a,b   Arend, Mark F ^a   Duling III, Irl N ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IEEE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MIRRORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTIMIZATION; SOLITONS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SWITCHING; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DEMULTIPLEXING; NONLINEAR OPTICAL LOOP MIRROR; ORTHOGONALLY POLARIZED SIGNAL AND CONTROL STREAMS; POLARIZATION MULTIPLEXING; SIGNAL PULSE ENERGY; SOLITON LOOP MIRROR DEMULTIPLEXER; SWITCHING WINDOW;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0030193943     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.502266     Document Type: Article

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