ULTRA-FAST ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING

被引:29
作者
IRONSIDE, CN
机构
[1] Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow
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10.1080/00107519308211070
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
A review is presented of ultrafast all-optical switching in guided wave formats for broad bandwidth all-optical communication networks. The physics underlying ultrafast optical nonlinearities is discussed and the application of these nonlinearities to data transmission and all-optical switching is covered.
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