High-speed all-optical first- and second-order differentiators based on cross-phase modulation in fibers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 3269-3276

  Velanas, Pantelis ^a   Bogris, Adonis ^a   Argyris, Apostolos ^a   Syvridis, Dimitris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

All optical signal processing; Cross phase modulation; Nonlinear optics; Ultrawideband (UWB)

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BROADBAND NETWORKS; DERIVATIVES; MODULATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHASE MODULATION; PHOTODETECTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ALL-OPTICAL; ALL-OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; BIT RATES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; CROSS-PHASE MODULATION; DIFFERENTIATOR; DIFFERENTIATORS; DOUBLET PULSE; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATIONS; FIBER CHARACTERISTICS; HIGH-SPEED; IMPULSE SIGNALS; IN FIBERS; NON-LINEAR COEFFICIENTS; OPERATING REGIMES; OPTICAL BAND-PASS FILTERS; OPTICAL PHASE MODULATORS; OPTICAL SIGNALS; SECOND ORDERS; TEMPORAL DERIVATIVES; TUNABLE OPTICAL FILTERS; ULTRA FASTS; ULTRAWIDEBAND (UWB);

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 60149087251     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.923930     Document Type: Article

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