All-optical wavelength conversion at bit rates above 10 Gb/s using semiconductor optical amplifiers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1168-1179

  Joergensen, C ^b   Danielsen, S L ^b   Stubkjaer, K E ^a,b   Schilling, M ^a,c   Daub, K ^c   Doussiere, P ^c   Pommerau, F ^c   Hansen, P B ^b   Poulsen, H N ^b   Kloch, A ^b   Vaa, M ^b   Mikkelsen, B ^b   Lach, E ^c   Laube, G ^c   Idler, W ^c   Wunstel, K ^c  

^a IEEE

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical amplifiers; Optical communication; Optical frequency conversion; Optical signal processing; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHASE MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CROSS GAIN MODULATION; CROSS PHASE MODULATION; INTERBAND CARRIER RECOMBINATION;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 0031250193     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.658592     Document Type: Article

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