Data transparent reconfigurable optical interconnections based on polarization-switching VCSEL's and polarization-selective diffractive optical elements

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 973-975

  Nieuborg, Nancy ^a   Panajotov, Krassimir ^a   Goulet, A ^a   Veretennicoff, I ^a,b   Thienpont, H ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b IEEE

Author keywords

Anisotropic diffractive optical element (ADOE); Injection locking; Optical interconnection; Polarization switching; Vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

ANISOTROPIC DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS (ADOE); INJECTION LOCKING; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032122622     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.681288     Document Type: Article

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