Ultrafast all-optical exclusive OR operation with semiconductor optical amplifier-assisted fiber Sagnac switch

Optical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2481-2482

  Houbavlis, T ^a   Zoiros, K E ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Amplifiers; Fiber optics; Interferometers; Semiconductors; Switches

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTICS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER; POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTER; SAGNAC INTERFEROMETER; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; SPLIT RELATIVE DELAY AND RECOMBINE FIBER DOUBLER; VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR; WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE FILTER;

BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS;

EID: 0142123083     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1599362     Document Type: Article

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