All-optical and gate with improved extinction ratio using signal induced nonlinearities in a bulk semiconductor optical amplifier

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2938-2943

  Guo, L Q ^a   Connelly, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LOGIC GATES; POLARIZATION; PROBES;

AND GATE; BIT RATE; EXTINCTION RATIO; OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; SIGNAL INDUCED NONLINEARITIES; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION SCHEME;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 33645521408     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.002938     Document Type: Article

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