All-optical routing switch using a fiber nonlinear directional coupler and controlling solitons

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2793-2798

  Man, Wai Sing ^b,c   Demokan, M Süleyman ^a,b   Tam, Hwayaw ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE MODULATION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SWITCHING;

CROSS PHASE MODULATION; NONLINEAR DIRECTIONAL COUPLER; OPTICAL SOLITONS;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0030417789     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.545799     Document Type: Article

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