80 Gbit/s all-optical regenerative wavelength conversion using semiconductor optical amplifier based interferometer

Electronics Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 1477-1478

  Kelly, A E ^a   Phillips, I D ^a   Manning, R J ^a   Ellis, A D ^a   Nesset, D ^a   Moodie, D G ^a   Kashyap, R ^a  

^a MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

ALL-OPTICAL REGENERATIVE WAVELENGTH CONVERSIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOA); ULTRAFAST NONLINEAR INTERFEROMETERS (UNI);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0032670745     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19990976     Document Type: Article

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