A simple and low-power optical limiter for multi-GHz pulse trains

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 9849-9858

  Contestabile, G ^a   Presi, M ^a   Proietti, R ^a   Calabretta, N ^a   Ciaramella, E ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BANDPASS FILTERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

AMPLITUDEMODULATED PULSE TRAINS; MULTI-GHZ PULSE TRAINS; OPTICAL CIRCUITS; OPTICAL LIMITERS;

LIMITERS;

EID: 34547413601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.009849     Document Type: Article

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