Broad-band polarization-insensitive wavelength conversion at 10 Gb/s

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 666-668

  Contestabile, G ^a   D'Ottavi, A ^a   Martelli, Faustino ^a   Spano, P ^a   Eckner, J ^b  

^a Opto Speed Italia   (Italy)

^b Opto Speed AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Frequency converters; Nonlinear optics; Optical communication; Optical components; Semiconductor optical amplifiers

Indexed keywords

FOUR WAVE MIXING; FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL PUMPING;

BROAD-BAND POLARIZATION-INSENSITIVE WAVELENGTH CONVERSION; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 0036575598     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.998719     Document Type: Article

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