DocumentCode
978032
Title
All-optical circulating shift register using a semiconductor optical amplifier in a fibre loop mirror
Author
Poustie, A.J. ; Manning, R.J. ; Blow, K.J.
Author_Institution
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
Volume
32
Issue
13
fYear
1996
fDate
6/20/1996 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1215
Lastpage
1216
Abstract
The authors experimentally demonstrate an all-optical circulating shift register in which the nonlinear element is a semiconductor optical amplifier. This device shows the potential for low latency, high speed, low power all-optical processing
Keywords
mirrors; optical fibres; optical information processing; optical logic; optical switches; semiconductor lasers; shift registers; all-optical circulating shift register; fibre loop mirror; nonlinear element; semiconductor optical amplifier;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19960804
Filename
503012
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