Asynchronous, self-controlled, all-optical label and payload separator using nonlinear polarization rotation in a semiconductor optical amplifier

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 4214-4219

  Olmos, J J Vegas ^a   Monroy, I Tafur ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Larrode, M Garcia ^a   Turkiewicz, J ^a   Dorren, H J S ^a   Koonen, A M J ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL LABEL SWAPPING (OLS); POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTERS (PBS); POLARIZATION CONTROLLERS (PC); ULTRAFAST NONLINEAR OPTICS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 6344226600     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.004214     Document Type: Article

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