Switching of one beam by another in a Kerr type nonlinear Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-35

  Srivastava, Arpita ^a   Medhekar, S ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

All optical switching; Kerr effect; Mach Zehnder interferometer

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING; INPUT PORT; KERR EFFECT; KERR EFFECTS; NONLINEAR MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; NONLINEARITY COEFFICIENT; NOT GATE; OUTPUT PORTS; WAVELENGTH CONVERTER;

AMPLIFICATION; BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SWITCHING;

OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

EID: 77955512223     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2010.04.021     Document Type: Article

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