Nonlinear Switching in an All-Semiconductor-Optical-Amplifier Loop Device

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 236-238

  Lee, Jiun Haw ^a   Wang, Ding An ^a   Chiang, Hsin Jiun ^a   Huang, Ding Wei ^a   Gurtler, Steffen ^a   Yang, C C ^a   Kiang, Yean Woei ^a   Chen, B C ^a   Shih, M C ^b   Chuang, T J ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

All optical switching; Nonlinear optical loop mirror; Semiconductor optical amplifier

Indexed keywords

LIGHT INTERFERENCE; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE (MMI) COUPLERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0033080316     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.740715     Document Type: Article

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