Evolution of all-optical flip-flops and their applications in optical communications networks

IET Optoelectronics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 263-276

  Reis, C ^a   Costa, L ^a   Bogoni, A ^b   Maziotis, A ^c   Teixeira, A ^a   Kouloumentas, C ^c   Apostolopoulos, D ^c   Erasme, D ^d   Berrettini, G ^b   Meloni, G ^b   Parca, G ^a   Brahmi, H ^d   Tomkos, I ^e   Poti, L ^b   Bougioukos, M ^c   Andre D ^a   Zakynthinos, P ^e   Dionisio, R ^a,f   Chattopadhyay, T ^g   Avramoupoulos, H ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d INSTITUT TELECOM   (France)

^e ATHENS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^f INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO   (Portugal)

^g The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL FLIP-FLOPS; COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS; DESIGN SCHEME; RESEARCH RESULTS; RESEARCH STUDIES; VALIDATION TESTING;

FLIP FLOP CIRCUITS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84880030436     PISSN: 17518768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-opt.2012.0012     Document Type: Article

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