A subnanosecond polarization-independent tunable filter/wavelength router using a sagnac interferometer

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1490-1492

  Fang, Xiaojun ^a,b   Demarest, Kenneth ^a,c   Ji, Helin ^c   Allen, Christopher ^a,c   Pelz, Lawrence ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Sprint Applied Research & Advanced Technology Labs California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d Sprint   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication system routing; Filter; Optical fibers; Polarization

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

HIGH SPEED WAVELENGTH ROUTING; SAGNAC INTERFEROMETERS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 0031275385     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.634718     Document Type: Article

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