All-optical discrimination at 1.5 μm using ultrafast saturable absorber vertical cavity device

Electronics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 1486-1488

  Mangeney, J ^b   Aubin, G ^b   Oudar, J L ^b   Harmand, J C ^b   Patriarche, G ^b   Choumane, H ^b   Stelmakh, N ^a   Lourtioz, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ULTRAFAST SATURABLE ABSORBER VERTICAL CAVITY DEVICE;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0034246564     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20001056     Document Type: Article

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