All-optical Mach-Zehnder wavelength converter with monolithically integrated preamplifiers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1115-1117

  Spiekman, L H ^a,b,c   Wiesenfeld, J M ^a,d   Koren, U ^b   Miller, B I ^a,b   Chien, M D ^b  

^a IEEE   (Netherlands)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c Uniphase Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^d AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated optoelectronics; Optical communication; Semiconductor optical amplifiers

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; ELECTRON DEVICE MANUFACTURE; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; METALLORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

CROSS PHASE MODULATION; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER; MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED PREAMPLIFIER; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 0032137085     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.701520     Document Type: Article

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