Mid-Span Spectral Inversion without Frequency Shift for Fiber Dispersion Compensation: A System Demonstration

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 275-277

  Corchia, A ^a   Antonini, C ^a   D'Ottavi, A ^a   Mecozzi, A ^a   Martelli, F ^a   Spano, P ^a   Guekos, G ^b   Dall'Ara, R ^c  

^a FONDAZIONE UGO BORDONI   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Opto Speed AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Communication systems; Optical fiber communications; Optical mixing; Semiconductor optical amplifiers

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FOUR WAVE MIXING; LIGHT MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

MIDSPAN SPECTRAL INVERSION; OPTICAL MIXING;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0033079519     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.740728     Document Type: Article

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