Performance enhancement on SOA-based four-wave-mixing wavelength conversion using an assisted beam

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1713-1715

  Lee, San Liang ^a   Gong, Pei Miin ^a   Yang, Chin Tien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Assisted beam; Four wave mixing; Optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

GAIN CONTROL; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MODULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ASSISTED BEAM;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

EID: 0036895496     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.804675     Document Type: Article

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