Erbium-ytterbium-doped fiber-based optical flip-flop

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 904-906

  Malacarne, Antonio ^a   Bogoni, Antonella ^b   Potì, Luca ^b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b CNIT   (Italy)

Author keywords

All optical memories; Buffer memories; Optical bistable devices; Optical fiber communications; Optical flip flop; Optical multistable devices; Packet switching

Indexed keywords

BUFFER STORAGE; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL FIBERS; PACKET SWITCHING;

EXTINCTION RATIO; OPTICAL FLIP-FLOP; TRANSITION TIME;

FLIP FLOP CIRCUITS;

EID: 34249949297     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.897553     Document Type: Article

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