Optical signal processing using tunable delay elements based on slow light

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 691-705

  Willner, Alan E ^a,b   Zhang, Bo ^a,b   Zhang, Lin ^a,b   Yan, Lianshan ^a,c,d   Fazal, Irfan ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^c General Photonics Corporation   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Differential phase shift keying (DPSK); Differential quadrature phase shift keying (DQPSK); Multichannel operation; Nonlinear fiberoptics; Optical signal processing; Optical time division multiplexing (OTDM); Pattern dependence; Phase preserving; Slow light

Indexed keywords

CANNING; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHASE SHIFT KEYING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TECHNOLOGY;

(OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; 10 GB/ S; BIT RATE (BPP); DATA FIDELITY; DATA PATTERNS; DELAY ELEMENTS; DIFFERENTIAL-PHASE-SHIFT KEYING (DPSK); MULTICHANNEL OPERATION; MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS; NON-LINEAR SIGNAL PROCESSING; OPTICAL DELAY LINES; OPTICAL DELAYS; OPTICAL SIGNALLING; OPTICAL SWITCHING; PATTERN DEPENDENCE; PROCESSING MODULES; RE CONFIGURABILITY; SLOW LIGHT; SLOW LIGHT ELEMENTS; UNIQUE FEATURES; VARIABLE BIT RATE (VBR);

DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 45249088752     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.914659     Document Type: Article

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