Experimental demonstration of all-optical SOA-assisted sagnac recirculating shift register with an inverter and SOA feedback

Optik

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 322-328

  Houbavlis, T ^a   Zoiros, K E ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

All optical recirculating shift register; All optical signal processing; All optical switching; Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); SOA assisted Sagaac switch

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SHIFT REGISTERS; SWITCHING;

OPTICAL SWITCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOA);

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 0344961785     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0030-4026-00269     Document Type: Article

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