Nonlinear resonators for all-optical signal processing

• Auteur principal: Maitra, Ayan (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: KIT Scientific Publishing 2007
• Collection: Karlsruhe Series in Photonics & Communications
• Sujets: Technology: general issues; All-optical signal processing; Optical flip-flop; Nonlinear resonators and photonic crystals; Nonreciprocity; Switching
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All-optical signal processing will be used in future communication networks. We discuss a new and generic scheme for such devices. The basic configuration comprises an asymmetric resonator within an active or passive nonlinear medium. This arrangement enables all-optical flip-flop operation and swit...