Ultrahigh speed all-optical demultiplexing based on two-photon absorption in a laser diode

Electronics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 1871-1872

  Thomsen, B C ^a   Barry, L P ^b   Dudley, J M ^a   Harvey, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SWITCHING NETWORKS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

ALL OPTICAL DEMULTIPLEXING; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0032165631     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19981300     Document Type: Article

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