Enhanced performance of polarization-independent four-wave mixing in polarization-sensitive semiconductor optical amplifiers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 496-498

  Tang, J M ^a   Spencer, P S ^b   Shore, K A ^b  

^a Harlow Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optical frequency conversion; Optical mixing; Optical phase conjugate; Optical polarization; Semiconductor optical amplifiers

Indexed keywords

FOUR WAVE MIXING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; OPTIMIZATION; PUMPING (LASER);

OPTICAL MIXING; OPTICAL POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0035334915     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.920764     Document Type: Article

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