Optical power limiter using a saturated SOA-based interferometric switch

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2350-2352

  Pleros, N ^a   Kanellos, G T ^a   Bintjas, C ^a   Hatziefremidis, A ^a   Avramopoulos, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PACKET SWITCHING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CONTINUOUS WAVE SIGNAL; LIMITER; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER; OPTICAL POWER LIMITER; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (SOA); ULTRAFAST NONLINEAR INTERFEROMETER (UNI);

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 5444227172     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.833960     Document Type: Article

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