Simple and robust 40-Gb/s wavelength converter using fiber cross-phase modulation and optical filtering

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 846-848

  Olsson, Bengt Erik ^a   Öhlén, Peter ^a,b   Rau, Lavanya ^a   Blumenthal, Daniel J ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHASE MODULATION; POLARIZATION; RING LASERS;

CROSS PHASE MODULATION; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL NETWORKS; WAVELENGTH CONVERTER;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0343279231     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.853522     Document Type: Article

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