Four-channel polarization-insensitive optically transparent wavelength converter

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1355-1357

  Lacey, J P R ^a,b   Madden, S J ^c,d   Summerfield, M A ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c TELSTRA RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^d ADC AOFR   (Australia)

Author keywords

Optical crossconnects; Optical crosstalk; Optical frequency conversion; Optical mixers; Optical polarization; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

MULTICHANNEL WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS; OPTICAL MIXERS;

BIT ERROR RATE; CROSSTALK; FOUR WAVE MIXING; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0031257237     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.623261     Document Type: Article

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