Polarization-insensitive widely tunable wavelength converter using a single semiconductor optical amplifier

Electronics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 152-153

  Mak, M W K ^a   Tsang, H K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOUR WAVE MIXING; LASER TUNING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

POLARIZATION DIVERSITY; WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0033881297     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20000167     Document Type: Article

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