Wavelength-transparent nonlinear optical gate based on self-seeded gain modulation in folded tandem-SOA

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 4929-4934

  Jung, Young Jin ^a   Park, Jonghan ^a   Park, Namkyoo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; LOGIC GATES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL GAIN; TRANSPARENCY; WAVELENGTH;

ALL-OPTICAL NONLINEAR GATE; FOLDED TANDEM SOA; SELF-SEEDED GAIN MODULATION; WAVELENGTH TRANSPARENCY;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 34247270270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.004929     Document Type: Article

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