Ultrafast all-optical recirculating shift register with SOA-assisted Sagnac switch and SOA feedback

OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics Series

Volumn 96 A, Issue , 2004, Pages 827-829

  Houbavlis, T ^a   Zoiros, K E ^b   Koukourlis, C S ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; INTERFEROMETERS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

FEEDBACK AMPLIFICATION; SAGNAC INTERFEROMETER; SHIFT REGISTER;

SHIFT REGISTERS;

EID: 33645227344     PISSN: 10945695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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