Inspec keywords: optical modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; high-speed optical techniques; optical logic; light interferometers

Other keywords: semiconductor optical amplifiers; all-optical XOR gate; cross-phase modulation; SOA; ultrafast nonlinear interferometers; switching pulse energy; bit rate 40 Gbit/s

Subjects: Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning; Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning; Optical logic elements; Lasing action in semiconductors; Semiconductor lasers; Optical computers, logic elements, and interconnects; Optical interferometry; Logic and switching circuits; Optical logic devices and optical computing techniques; Ultrafast optical techniques