All-optical wavelength conversion using SOA nonlinearities

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 56-61

  Nesset, Derek ^a,b,c   Kelly, Tony ^a,d   Marcenac, Dominique ^a,e  

^a MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ALL-OPTICAL WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 0032304705     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/35.735878     Document Type: Article

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