Wide-range all-optical wavelength conversion using dual-wavelength-pumped fiber Raman converter

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 92-99

  Uchida, Atsushi ^a,c,d,h   Takeoka, Masahiro ^a   Nakata, Tsuneo ^a,b   Kannari, Fumihiko ^a,c,d,e,f,g  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^c IEEE

^d Laser Society of   (Japan)

^e RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f STI OPTRONICS INC   (United States)

^g JAPAN SOCIETY OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Japan)

^h STI Optronics Inc ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Fiber; Four wave mixing (FWM); Optical communication; Stimulated Raman scattering; Wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; LASER TUNING; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PUMPING (LASER); RAMAN SCATTERING;

FIBER RAMAN CONVERTER; STOKES LASER;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 0031673604     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.654989     Document Type: Article

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