All-optical wavelength conversion by semiconductor optical amplifiers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 942-954

  Durhuus, Terji ^a,b   Mikkelsen, Benny ^a   Joergensen, Carsten ^a   Danielsen, Soeren Lykke ^a   Stubkjaer, Kristian E ^a,c,d,e,f  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Torshavn College   (Faroe Islands)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e Electromagnetics Institute

^f Danish Technical Research Council

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; PHASE MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

OPTICAL WAVELENGTH CONVERSION; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0030169862     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.511594     Document Type: Article

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