Simple scheme for polarization insensitive four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1123-1125

  Tang, J M ^a   Shore, K A ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOUR WAVE MIXING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; OPTICAL PUMPING;

OPTICAL MIXING; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOA);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032595732     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.784216     Document Type: Article

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