All-optical wavelength conversion in optical multicarrier networks eugenio iannone

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 716-724

  Sabella, Roberta ^a  

^a Ericsson Telecomunicazioni   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL FIBERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSPARENCY;

OPTICAL MULTICARRIER NETWORKS; OPTICAL WAVELENGTH CONVERSION; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 0030166624     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/26.506388     Document Type: Article

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