Experimental and theoretical investigation of the regenerative capabilities of electrooptic and all-optical interferometric wavelength converters

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1413-1415

  Wolfson, D ^b   Danielsen, S L ^b   Poulsen, H N ^b   Hansen, P B ^a,b   Stubkjaer, K E ^b  

^a IEEE

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amplifier noise; Converters; Optical amplifiers; Optical communication; Semiconductor devices

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; FIBER LASERS; INTERFEROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

ALL-OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRIC WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS; ELECTROOPTIC INTERFEROMETRIC WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS;

FREQUENCY CONVERTERS;

EID: 0032187094     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.720278     Document Type: Article

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