All-optical regenerative OTDM add-drop multiplexing at 40 Gb/s using monolithic InP Mach-Zehnder interferometer

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 335-337

  Fischer, St ^a   Dulk M ^a   Gamper, E ^a   Vogt, W ^a   Hunziker, W ^c   Gini, E ^a   Melchior, H ^a   Buxens, A ^b   Poulsen, H N ^b   Clausen, A T ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Opto Speed ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADD/DROP MULTIPLEXING; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER;

INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0342757690     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.826932     Document Type: Article

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