SOA-based all-optical switch with subpicosecond full recovery

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 942-947

  Ju, H ^a   Zhang, S ^b   Lenstra, D ^a   De Waardt, H ^a   Tangdiongga, E ^a   Khoe, G D ^a   Dorren, H J S ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING; NONLINEAR POLARIZATION; OPTICAL PULSES; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOA);

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 14744300304     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.000942     Document Type: Article

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