1.31-to-1.55 μm wavelength conversion by optically pumping a distributed feedback amplifier

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 858-860

  Maywar, Drew N ^a   Nakano, Yoshiaki ^b   Agrawal, Govind P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TUNING;

BRAGG RESONANCE; DIGITAL LIKE TRANSFER FUNCTION; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK AMPLIFIER; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 0034229607     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.853526     Document Type: Article

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