Simultaneous optical digital half-subtraction and -addition using SOAs and a PPLN waveguide

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 5543-5549

  McGeehan, John E ^a   Kumar, Saurabh ^b   Willner, Alan E ^c  

^a BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b INFINERA CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Department of Electrical Engineering University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIN CONTROL; LIGHT MODULATION; PHASE SHIFT;

CROSS GAIN MODULATION (XGM); GAIN SATURATION; OPTICAL COUPLERS; OPTICAL HALF SUBTRACTERS;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 34247859343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.005543     Document Type: Article

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