All-optical flip-flop based on a single SOA-MZI

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 843-845

  Clavero, R ^a   Ramos, F ^a   Martinez, J M ^a   Marti, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mach Zehnder interferometers (MZIs); Optical data processing; Optical flip flops; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS (MZIS); OPTICAL FLIP-FLOPS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 17644414484     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.842797     Document Type: Article

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