168-GB/s all-optical wavelength conversion with a symmetric-mach-zehnder-type switch

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1091-1093

  Nakamura, S ^a   Ueno, Y ^a   Tajima, K ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

All optical switch; Interferometer; Nonlinear optics; Semiconductor optical amplifier; Ultrafast; Wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHASE MODULATION;

OPTICAL WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0035475843     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.950745     Document Type: Article

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