3.8-THz wavelength conversion of picosecond pulses using a semiconductor delayed-interference signal-wavelength converter (DISC)

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 346-348

  Ueno, Yoshiyasu ^a   Nakamura, Shigeru ^a   Tajima, Kazuhito ^a   Kitamura, Shotaro ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

All optical; Carrier lifetime; Conversion efficiency; Delay; Interference; Semiconductor optical amplifier; Wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

CARRIER LIFETIME; SEMICONDUCTOR DELAYED INTERFERENCE SIGNAL WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOA);

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 0032024526     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.661405     Document Type: Article

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