Data transparent reconfigurable optical interconnections using polarization switching in VCSEL's induced by optical injection

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 985-987

  Panajotov, Krassimir ^a,b   Berghmans, Francis ^c   Peeters, Michael ^a   Verschaffelt, Guy ^a   Danckaert, Jan ^a   Veretennicoff, Irina ^a   Thienpont, Hugo ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^c BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ANISOTROPIC DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT; ELECTRONIC DRIVE CIRCUITRY; OPTICAL INJECTION; POLARIZATION SWITCHING; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 0032669457     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.775321     Document Type: Article

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