2 × 2 exchange/bypass switch using 0.8 m of highly nonlinear bismuth oxide fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 723-725

  Bakopoulos, P ^a   Zouraraki, O ^a   Vyrsokinos, K ^a   Avramopoulos, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

All optical signal processing; Bismuth oxide nonlinear fiber (Bi NLF); Crossbar switch; Optically controlled exchange bypass switch; Ultrafast nonlinear interferometer (UNI)

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; MOS DEVICES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; SEMICONDUCTING BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

BISMUTH OXIDE NONLINEAR FIBER (BI-NLF); BYPASS SWITCH; CROSSBAR SWITCH; OPTICALLY CONTROLLED EXCHANGE;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 34247202545     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.895440     Document Type: Article

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