Polarization-independent optical spectral inversion without frequency shift using a single semiconductor optical amplifier

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1123-1128

  Hong, Yanhua ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Sujit ^a   Spencer, Paul S ^a   Shore, K Alan ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Four wave mixing (FWM); Optical frequency conversion; Polarization insensitive; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs)

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; LASER BEAMS; LASER TUNING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

OPTICAL SPECTRAL INVERSION; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; SIGNAL BEAM; WAVELENGTH DETUNING;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 0141852186     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.816095     Document Type: Article

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