Finely tunable wavelength conversion of high bit-rate signals by using a superstructure-grating distributed Bragg reflector laser

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 334-341

  Yasaka, Hiroshi ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Sanjoh, Hiroaki ^b,d,e,f   Ishii, Hiroyuki ^b,e,f,h   Yoshikuni, Yuzo ^a,b,e,f,i   Oe, Kunishige ^a,b,e,f,j,k  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Institute of Electronics   (Japan)

^f JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

^g National Laboratory for High Energy Physics   (Japan)

^h WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^j KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k Musashino Electrical Communication Lab   (Japan)

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Author keywords

DBR laser; Semiconductor wavelength converter; SSG; Wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LASER THEORY; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

DISPERSION SHIFTED OPTICAL FIBERS; HIGH BIT RATE SIGNALS; INJECTED SIGNAL LIGHT; LASING MODE INTENSITY; SEMICONDUCTOR WAVELENGTH CONVERTER; SUPER STRUCTURE GRATING DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR LASERS; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0031076632     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.554386     Document Type: Article

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