Low-noise and very high-efficiency four-wave mixing in 1.5-mm-long semiconductor optical amplifiers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 746-748

  Girardin, F ^b   Eckner, J ^b   Guekos, G ^a,b   Dall'Ara, R ^c   Mecozzi, A ^d   D'Ottavi, A ^d   Martelli, F ^d   Scotti, S ^d   Spano, P ^d  

^a IEEE

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Opto Speed AG   (Switzerland)

^d FONDAZIONE UGO BORDONI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Frequency conversion; Optical mixing; Semiconductor optical amplifier

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL MIXING; SIGNAL TO BACKGROUND RATIO;

BANDWIDTH; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL PUMPING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

EID: 0031168894     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.584977     Document Type: Article

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