40 Gbit/s all-optical XOR using a fiber-based folded ultrafast nonlinear interferometer

Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Technical Digest Series

Volumn 70, Issue , 2002, Pages 561-563

  Robinson, B S ^a   Hamilton, S A ^a   Savage, S J ^a   Ippen, E P ^b  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LASER MODE LOCKING; OPTICAL SWITCHES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

NONLINEAR INTERFEROMETERS;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0036442771     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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