Efficient wavelength selective soliton switching using fiber gratings in single and cascaded nonlinear optical loop mirrors

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1246-1253

  Hemingway, John Paul ^a,b   Steele, Alan L ^a,c,d  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Physics   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gratings; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber switches; Optical signal processing; Optical solitons; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOLITONS;

NONLINEAR OPTICAL LOOP MIRRORS (NOLM);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031245374     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.658605     Document Type: Article

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