Control scheme for optimizing the interferometer phase bias in a symmetric-Mach-Zehnder-type all-optical switch

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1692-1694

  Ueno, Yoshiyasu ^a   Takahashi, Morio ^a   Nakamura, Shigeru ^a   Suzuki, Kouichi ^a   Shimizu, Takanori ^a   Furukawa, Akio ^a   Tamanuki, Takemasa ^a   Mori, Kazuo ^a   Ae, Satoshi ^a   Sasaki, Tatsuya ^a   Tajima, Kazuhito ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

All optical; Control scheme; Demultiplexing; Interferometer; Mach Zehnder; Phase bias; Semiconductor; Supervisory light

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DEMULTIPLEXING; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; RING LASERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ALL-OPTICAL DEMULTIPLEXING;

PHASE CONTROL;

EID: 0036895611     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.804643     Document Type: Article

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