Optical control of period doubling in a gain-switched Fabry-Perot laser diode and its application in all-optical clock division

IEE Proceedings: Optoelectronics

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-245

  Chow, K K ^a   Shu, C ^a   Yang, Y M ^b   Liu, H F ^b,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SWITCHING SYSTEMS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ALL-OPTICAL CLOCK FREQUENCY DIVISION; OPTICAL INJECTION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0038487221     PISSN: 13502433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-opt:20030211     Document Type: Article

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