Broad-Band All-Optical Flip-Flop Based on Optical Bistability in an Integrated SOA/DFB-SOA

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 398-400

  Kim, Young Il ^a   Kim, Jae Hun ^a   Lee, Seok ^a   Woo, Deok Ha ^a   Kim, Sun Ho ^a   Yoon, Tae Hoon ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Broad band devices; Optical bistability; Optical logic devices; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) system

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LOGIC GATES; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; SWITCHING;

BROAD-BAND DEVICES; OPTICAL LOGIC DEVICES;

WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 1442337618     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.823133     Document Type: Article

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