Multiwavelength All-Optical TDM Switching Using a Semiconductor Optical Amplifier in a Loop Mirror

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 331-333

  Mathason, B K ^a   Shi, H ^a   Nitta, I ^a   Alphonse, G A ^b   Abeles, J ^b   Connolly, J C ^b   Delfyett, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SARNOFF CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Mode locked semiconductor lasers; Optical communications; Optical switching; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Time division multiplexing; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); LASER MODE LOCKING; MIRRORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL LOOP MIRRORS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOA);

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0033098494     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.748225     Document Type: Article

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