All-optical switch for TDM and WDM/TDM systems demonstrated in a 640Gbit/s demultiplexing experiment

Electronics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 803-805

  Diez, S ^a   Ludwig, R ^a   Weber, H G ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CROSSTALK; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DEMULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0032050069     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19980579     Document Type: Article

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