Novel all-optical switch using nonlinear mach-zehnder interferometer

Fiber and Integrated Optics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-236

  Medhekar, S ^a   Paltani, P P ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

All optical logic; Nonlinear optical devices; Optical communication; Optical computing

Indexed keywords

ALL OPTICAL SWITCH; ALL-OPTICAL LOGIC; NAND GATE; NONLINEAR MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL DEVICES; OPERATING POWER; OPTICAL COMPUTING;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; INTERFEROMETRY; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHOTONICS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 70449561213     PISSN: 01468030     EISSN: 10964681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01468030802536599     Document Type: Article

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