40Gbit/s all-optical logic NOR gate based on nonlinear polarisation rotation in SOA and blue-shifted sideband filtering

Electronics Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 1243-1244

  Zhang, J ^a   Wu, J ^a   Feng, C ^a   Xu, K ^a   Lin, J ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION RATIO (ER); POLARISATION ROTATION; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (SOA); SIDEBAND FILTERING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

LOGIC GATES;

EID: 33750011471     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20062025     Document Type: Article

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