Experimental demonstration of all-optical regeneration using an MMI-SOA

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 660-662

  De Merlier, Jan ^a,b   Morthier, Geert ^a,b   Verstuyft, Steven ^b   Van Caenegem, Tom ^a,b   Moerman, Ingrid ^a,b   Van Daele, Peter ^a,b   Baets, Roel ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

All optical; MMI; Regeneration; Semiconductor optical amplifier

Indexed keywords

MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE COUPLER; OPTICAL REGENERATION; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT PROPAGATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0036575108     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.998717     Document Type: Article

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