Low-power all-optical broad-band switching device using ytterbium-doped fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1032-1034

  Elango, P ^a   Arkwright, J W ^b   Chu, P L ^a   Atkins, G R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Seconded from Siemens Ltd   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALL OPTICAL PHOTONIC SWITCHING; ALL-FIBER MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER; ELECTRON MICROPROBE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE; FUSED TAPERED COUPLERS;

FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE SHIFT; PHOTODETECTORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0030216356     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.508728     Document Type: Article

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