All-optical signal processing for ultrahigh speed optical systems and networks

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 3760-3770

  Yan, Lianshan ^a   Willner, Alan E ^b   Wu, Xiaoxia ^c,d   Yi, Anlin ^a   Bogoni, Antonella ^d,e   Chen, Z Y ^a   Jiang, H Y ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JDS UNIPHASE   (United States)

^e CNIT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced modulation formats; optical signal processing; polarization division multiplexing; ultrafast nonlinear optics

Indexed keywords

ADD/DROP; ADVANCED MODULATION FORMATS; ALL-OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ELECTRONIC BANDWIDTH; FORMAT CONVERSION; HIGH BANDWIDTH; NETWORK FUNCTIONALITY; ON-DEMAND APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL LOGIC OPERATIONS; OPTICAL REGENERATION; PHASE-SENSITIVE AMPLIFICATIONS; POLARIZATION DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; RECENT PROGRESS; RECONFIGURABILITY; SINGLE POLARIZATION; ULTRA HIGH SPEED; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRAFAST NONLINEAR OPTICS;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; MULTIPLEXING; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; POLARIZATION;

OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84871010877     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2012.2205134     Document Type: Article

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