Calculation of bit error rates in all-optical signal processing applications exploiting nondegenerate four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2069-2077

  Shtaif, Mark ^a   Eisenstein, Gadi ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Technion ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^e Photonic Circt Research Department

^f Technion Adv Optoelectronics Center

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; ERRORS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PROBABILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

ALL OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME DOMAIN DEMULTIPLEXING; VARIABLE DECISION THRESHOLD;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030247978     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.536975     Document Type: Article

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