Ultrafast optical thresholding based on two-photon absorption GaAs waveguide photodetectors

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 493-495

  Zheng, Z ^a   Weiner, A M ^a   Marsh, J H ^b   Karkhanehchi, M M ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Code division multiaccess; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse shaping; Photodetectors; Semiconductor waveguides; Threshold decoding; Two photon absorption; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

DECODING; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

OPTICAL PULSE SHAPING; SEMICONDUCTOR WAVEGUIDES; ULTRAFAST CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 0031120640     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.559399     Document Type: Article

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