Wavelength conversion in distributed-feedback lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 569-576

  Minch, Jeffrey R ^a,b,c   Chang, Chih Sheng ^a,b,d,e   Chuang, Shun Lien ^{a,b,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k}  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^h TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

ⁱ SONY CORPORATION   (Japan)

^j OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^k AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Amplified spontaneous emission; Distributed feedback lasers; Optical frequency conversion; Optical mixing; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

FOUR WAVE MIXING; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; GAIN MEASUREMENT; LASER TUNING; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL PUMPING; PROBES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 0031109214     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.605708     Document Type: Article

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