Continuous-wave-pumped Raman-assisted fiber optical parametric amplifier and wavelength converter in conventional dispersion-shifted fiber

Optics Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 1583-1585

  De Matos, C J S ^a   Chestnut, D A ^a   Reeves Hall, P C ^a   Taylor, J R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS;

AMPLIFICATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 0042544198     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.26.001583     Document Type: Article

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