Experimental demonstration of fast simultaneous wavelength switching and time demultiplexing using a nonlinear optical loop mirror

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 919-921

  Chen, Xiaopeng ^b   Hoanca, Bogdan ^b   Feng, Kai Ming ^a,b   Cai, Jin Xing ^b   Willner, Alan E ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Demultiplexing; Nonlinear optics; Optical networks; Optical switches; Time division multiplexing; Wavelength switching; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; MIRRORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PACKET SWITCHING;

NONLINEAR OPTICAL LOOP MIRRORS (NOLM); WAVELENGTH SWITCHING;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031185337     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.593348     Document Type: Article

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