Polarization- and interval-independent wavelength conversion at 2.5 Gb/s by means of bidirectional four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 852-854

  Contestabile, G ^a   D'Ottavi, A ^a   Martelli, F ^a   Mecozzi, A ^b   Spano, P ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE UGO BORDONI   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); BIT ERROR RATE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BIDIRECTIONAL FOUR WAVE MIXING; INTERVAL INDEPENDENT WAVELENGTH CONVERSION; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATIONS; OPTICAL MIXING; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

EID: 0034227192     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.853524     Document Type: Article

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