Extinction ratio of cross-gain modulated multistage wavelength converters: Model and experiments

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 758-760

  Chelles, Sandrine ^a   Devaux, Fabrice ^a   Meichenin, Daniel ^a   Sigogne, Didier ^a   Carenco, Alain ^a  

^a ORANGE LABS   (France)

Author keywords

Converters; Modeling; Optical fiber communication; Optical frequency conversion; Quantum wells; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

CROSS GAIN MODULATION; EXTINCTION RATIO; REGENERATION FACTOR;

FREQUENCY CONVERTERS;

EID: 0031170494     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.584981     Document Type: Article

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