All-optical fiber signal processing and regeneration for soliton communications

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1208-1223

  Bigo, Sébastien ^b,c,d,e,f   Leclerc, Olivier ^b,g,h   Desurvire, Emmanuel ^{a,b,h,i,j,k,l}  

^a IEEE

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d Alcatel Alsthom Recherche   (France)

^e Photonics Networks Unit   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^g INSTITUT NATIONAL DES TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

ⁱ THALES   (France)

^j STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^l Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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Author keywords

All optical processing; Kerr fiber; Nonlinear optical loop mirror; Optical regeneration; Solitons

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; MIRRORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE MODULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOLITONS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; ULTRASONIC ABSORPTION;

KERR FIBER MODULATORS (KFM); NONLINEAR OPTICAL LOOP MIRRORS (NOLM); OPTICAL REGENERATION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031250255     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.658596     Document Type: Article

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