Reconfigurable multifunctional operation using optical injection-locked vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2958-2963

  Zhang, Bo ^a   Zhao, Xiaoxue ^b   Parekh, Devang ^b   Yue, Yang ^a   Hofmann, Werner ^c   Amann, Markus C ^c   Chang Hasnain, Connie J ^b   Willner, Alan E ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clock recovery; Data format conversion; Optical injection locking (OIL); Reconfigurable optical networks; Ultrawide band; Vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)

Indexed keywords

CLOCK RECOVERY; DATA FORMAT CONVERSION; OPTICAL INJECTION LOCKING (OIL); RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL NETWORKS; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER (VCSEL);

COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; ELECTRIC CLOCKS; INJECTION LASERS; LASER PULSES; LASERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

EID: 67651151537     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2009.2017926     Document Type: Article

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