Bidirectional four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers: Theory and experiment

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1617-1625

  Bischoff, S ^a   Buxens, A ^a   Poulsen, H N ^a   Clausen, A T ^a   Mork J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FOUR WAVE MIXING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

BIDIRECTIONAL FOUR WAVE MIXING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032595074     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.788567     Document Type: Article

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