All-optical NRZ-to-PRZ format transformer with an injection-locked Fabry-Perot laser diode at unlasing condition

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 4449-4456

  Chang, Yung Cheng ^a   Lin, Yu Huang ^a   Chen, J H ^a   Lin, Gong Ru ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; GAIN CONTROL; LOGIC GATES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING;

FABRY-PEROT LASER DIODE (FPLD); FIBER OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS; INJECTION-LOCKING; LASING THRESHOLD; LOGIC-BASED OPTICAL PROCESSING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 6344254468     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.004449     Document Type: Article

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