High-efficiency wavelength conversion using FWM in an SOA integrated DFB laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-33

  Simoyama, Takasi ^a   Kuwatsuka, Haruhiko ^a   Little, Brent E ^b   Matsuda, Manabu ^a   Kotaki, Yuji ^a   Ishikawa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

NOISE FIGURE; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0033879125     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.817459     Document Type: Article

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