Tunable wavelength filters based on nonlinear optical interactions in semiconductor amplifiers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1020-1026

  Dubovitsky, Serge ^a,b,c,d,e   Steier, William H ^a,b  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b IEEE

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

NONLINEAR OPTICAL INTERACTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR AMPLIFIERS; TUNABLE WAVELENGTH FILTERS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 0030173020     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.511602     Document Type: Article

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