Nonlinear optical loop mirror based on standard communication fiber

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 642-646

  Wang, Ding ^b,d,e,f   Golovchenko, Ekaterina A ^b,f,g,h,i   Pilipetskii, Alexei N ^b,f,g,h,i   Menyuk, Curtis R ^{a,b,f,i,j,k,l,m}   Arend, Mark F ^c  

^a IEEE

^b Baltimore County   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^e UESTC ^*  (United States)

^f Computational Photonics Laboratory ^*

^g MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^h PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^j MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^m SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIGHT MODULATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SWITCHING THEORY;

DEMULTIPLEXERS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL LOOP MIRROR (NOLM);

MIRRORS;

EID: 0031124774     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.566685     Document Type: Article

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