Experimental investigation of a modified NOLM for phase-encoded signal regeneration

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 1801-1803

  Cvecek, K ^a   Onishchukov, G ^a   Sponsel, K ^a   Striegler, A G ^b   Schmauss, B ^b   Leuchs, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

2R regeneration; All optical regeneration; Differential phase shift keying (DPSK); Nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ATTENUATORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHASE SHIFT KEYING;

ALL-OPTICAL REGENERATION; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE-SHIFT KEYING; NONLINEAR OPTICAL LOOP MIRROR; SIGNAL REGENERATION;

MIRRORS;

EID: 33747760916     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.880754     Document Type: Article

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