A polarization-independent and contrast-ratio-enhancing module for all-optical wavelength shifting using SOA's

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 533-535

  Shieh, W ^a,b   Huang, S H ^a   Willner, A E ^a,b  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b IEEE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

ALL OPTICAL WAVELENGTH SHIFTING; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0030129650     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.491217     Document Type: Article

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