Design optimization of all-active Mach-Zehnder wavelength converters

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 424-426

  Dagens, B ^a   Janz, C ^a   Leclerc, D ^a   Verdrager, V ^a   Poingt, F ^a   Guillemot, I ^a   Gaborit, F ^a   Ottenwalder D ^a  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTIMIZATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

MACH-ZEHNDER WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 0033116721     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.752536     Document Type: Article

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