Ultrafast all-optical logic and gate for CSRZ signals using periodically poled lithium niobate

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 951-958

  Wang, Jian ^a   Sun, Qizhen ^a   Sun, Junqiang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

ALL-OPTICAL LOGIC AND GATE; CARRIER SUPPRESSED RETURN-TO-ZERO SIGNAL; CASCADED SECOND-HARMONIC GENERATION AND DIFFERENCE-FREQUENCY GENERATION (CSHG/DFG); CASCADED SUM- AND DIFFERENCE-FREQUENCY GENERATION (CSFG/DFG); LOGIC-AND OPERATION; MODULATION FORMATS; PERIODICALLY POLED LITHIUM NIOBATE; SECOND-ORDER NONLINEARITY;

COMPUTER CIRCUITS;

EID: 67649283067     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.000951     Document Type: Article

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