160 Gbit/s all-optical demultiplexer using hybrid gain-transparent SOA Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Electronics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 1484-1486

  Diez, S ^a   Schubert, C ^a   Ludwig, R ^a   Ehrke, H J ^a   Feiste, U ^a   Schmidt, C ^a   Weber, H G ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHASE MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

GAIN-TRANSPARENT MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER (GT-MZI);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0034250954     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20001041     Document Type: Article

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