Direct time-domain optical demultiplexing of 10-Gb/s NRZ signals using side-injection light-controlled bistable laser diode

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1484-1486

  Nonaka, Koji ^a,b   Kobayashi, Fumihiko ^a   Kishi, Kenji ^a   Tadokoro, Takashi ^a   Itoh, Yoshio ^a   Amano, Chikara ^a   Kurokawa, Takashi ^a,b  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b IEEE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bistable laser diode; DEMUX; Laser diode switch; Optical bit memory; Optical digital switch; Photonic integration; SILC BLD; TDM WDM switching

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL DIGITAL SWITCHES; SIDE-INJECTION LIGHT-CONTROLLED BISTABLE LASER DIODES (SILC-BLD); TIME-DOMAIN OPTICAL DEMULTIPLEXING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032188694     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.720302     Document Type: Article

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