Analyses of all-optically regenerated transmission system using nonlinear interferometric switches

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1020-1022

  Sakamoto, Takahide ^b   Kikuchi, Kazuro ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

All optical regeneration; Amplified spontaneous emission; Er doped fiber amplifier; Mach Zehnder interferometer; Nonlinear optical loop mirror

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; MIRRORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHASE MODULATION; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; TELECOMMUNICATION REPEATERS;

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; NONLINEAR INTERFEROMETRIC SWITCHES (NIS);

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035440957     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.942680     Document Type: Article

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