All-optical clocked D flip-flop memory using a hybrid integrated S-R latch

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1201-1204

  Reis, C ^a   Maziotis, A ^b   Kouloumentas, C ^b   Stamatiadis, C ^b   Bougioukos, M ^b   Calabretta, N ^c   Andre P ^a   Dionisio, R ^a   Neto, B ^a   Dorren, H J S ^c   Avramopoulos, H ^b   Teixeira, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

all optical processing; Mach Zehnder interferometer; optical buffers; photonics switching; semiconductor optical amplifier

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL; ALL-OPTICAL PROCESSING; D TYPES; EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; FLIP FLOP MEMORIES; OPTICAL BUFFER; PHOTONIC INTEGRATIONS; SWITCHING SPEED;

FLIP FLOP CIRCUITS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 79953194817     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: 10982760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.25998     Document Type: Article

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