Wavelength conversion for WDM communication systems using four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1146-1155

  Geraghty, David F ^b,c,d,e   Lee, Robert B ^b   Verdiell, Marc ^c   Ziari, Mehrdad ^c   Mathur, Atul ^c   Vahala, Kerry J ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c SDL   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication systems; Frequency conversion; Optical mixing; Semiconductor optical amplifier

Indexed keywords

FOUR WAVE MIXING; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LASER TUNING; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSPARENCY;

BIT RATE TRANSPARENCY; TIME RESOLVED SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 0031250922     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.658588     Document Type: Article

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