Cascading gain-saturation semiconductor laser-amplifier wavelength translators

IEE Proceedings: Optoelectronics

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-6

  Bray, M E ^a   O'Mahony, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser amplifiers; Optical wavelength translation; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LIGHT MODULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SIGNAL THEORY; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

EXTINCTION RATIO; OPTICAL FILTERING; OPTICAL WAVELENGTH TRANSLATION; SIGNAL DEGRADATION; WAVELENGTH TRANSLATIONS;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0030083347     PISSN: 13502433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-opt:19960082     Document Type: Article

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