Polarization-independent, wavelength-shift-free optical phase conjugator using a nonlinear fiber Sagnac interferometer

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 578-580

  Lim, Han Chuen ^a   Futami, Fumio ^a   Kikuchi, Kazuro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION;

NONLINEAR FIBER SAGNAC INTERFEROMETERS; WAVELENGTH-SHIFT-FREE OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATORS;

OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION;

EID: 0032690181     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.759404     Document Type: Article

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