Bit-error-rate performance dependence on pump and signal powers of the wavelength converter based on FWM in semiconductor optical amplifiers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 855-857

  Lu, Liping ^a   Dong, Yi ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Cai, Wenshan ^a   Xie, Shizhong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); BIT ERROR RATE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FOUR WAVE MIXING; INTERSYMBOL INTERFERENCE; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

BIT ERROR RATE MEASUREMENT; PUMP AND SIGNAL POWERS; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 0034224459     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.853525     Document Type: Article

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