All-optical 2R regeneration based on polarization rotation in a linear optical amplifier

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 305-307

  Zhao, Mingshan ^a   De Merlier, Jan ^a   Morthier, Geert ^a   Baets, Roel ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

All optical regeneration; Optical communication; Optical pulse shaping; Polarization; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs)

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; BIT ERROR RATE; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLARIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ALL OPTICAL REGENERATION; EXTINCTION RATIO; POLARIZATION CONTROLLER; POLARIZATION ROTATION; POLARIZER; SEMICONDUCTOR LINEAR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0037318710     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.806091     Document Type: Article

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