Increased input power dynamic range of Mach-Zehnder wavelength converter using a semiconductor optical amplifier power equalizer with 8 dBm output saturation power

Electronics Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 995-996

  Emery, J Y ^a   Lavigne, B ^a   Porcheron, C ^a   Janz, C ^a   Dorgeuille, F ^a   Pommereau, F ^a   Gaborit, F ^a   Guillemot Neubauer, I ^a   Renaud, M ^a  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUALIZERS; GAIN CONTROL; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; POWER CONVERTERS;

MACH-ZEHNDER WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS; POWER EQUALIZERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0032653936     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19990657     Document Type: Article

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