Wavelength conversion at 10 Gb/s by four-wave mixing over a 30-nm interval

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 952-954

  D'Ottavi, A ^a   Spano, P ^a   Hunziker, G ^b   Paiella, R ^b   Dall'Ara, R ^c   Guekos, G ^d   Vahala, K J ^b  

^a FONDAZIONE UGO BORDONI   (Italy)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c Opto Speed AG   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FIBER LASERS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 0032123940     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.681281     Document Type: Article

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