Suppression of level fluctuation without extinction ratio degradation based on output saturation in higher order optical parametric interaction in fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 338-340

  Inoue, Kyo ^a  

^a NTT Basic Research Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optical fiber devices; Optical limiters; Optical mixing; Optical parametric amplifiers; Optical saturation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIGHT EXTINCTION; OPTICAL PUMPING; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PHOTONS;

DISPERSION-SHIFTED FIBERS (DSF); OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0035303393     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.917844     Document Type: Article

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