Wavelength converters

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E82-C, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1475-1485

  Kloch, Allan ^a   Hansen, Peter Bukhave ^a   Wolfson, David ^a   Fjelde, Tina ^a   Stubkjaer, Kristian ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Optical frequency conversion; Semiconductor device modelling; Semiconductor devices; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; FIBER LASERS; FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHASE MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ALL OPTICAL WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS; CROSS GAIN MODULATION; CROSS PHASE MODULATION; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASERS (EDFA);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0032596203     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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