40Gbit/s wavelength conversion in cascade of SOA and NOLM and demonstration of extinction ratio improvement

Electronics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 963-964

  Yu, Jianjun ^a   Clausen, A ^a   Poulsen, H N ^a   Zheng, X ^a   Peucheret, C ^a   Jeppesen, P ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 0000351331     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20000710     Document Type: Article

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