An experimental method for identifying nonlinear phenomena intervening in a FWM process developed in a semiconductor optical amplifier

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2211-2216

  Soto, Horacio ^a,b,c,d,e   Erasme, Didier ^b,f,g,h  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^d Ctro Invest Cie Y Educacion S   (Mexico)

^e Ctro Desarrollo y Aplicaciones T   (Mexico)

^f Ctro Desarrollo y Aplicaciones T ^*

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UCL

Author keywords

Four wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers; Nonlinear phenomena identification

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTROSCOPY;

CARRIER DENSITY PULSATION; CARRIER HEATING; NONLINEAR PHENOMENA IDENTIFICATION; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SPECTRAL HOLE BURNING;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

EID: 0032206621     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.726616     Document Type: Article

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