Widely tunable wavelength converter using a double-ring fiber laser with a semiconductor optical amplifier

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1445-1447

  Chow, K K ^a,b   Shu, C ^a,b   Mak, M W K ^a,b   Tsang, H K ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Four wave mixing (FWM); Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); Wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE RING FIBER LASER; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; TUNABLE WAVELENGTH CONVERTER;

BIT ERROR RATE; FIBER LASERS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; OPTICAL PUMPING; POWER CONVERTERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0036772976     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.802371     Document Type: Article

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