Cross-talk-induced limitations of two-pump optical fiber parametric amplifiers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 989-995

  Blows, Justin L ^a   Hu, Pei Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; FOUR WAVE MIXING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL PUMPING; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CROSSTALK INDUCED LIMITATIONS; OPTICAL FIBER PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PUMP WAVES; SCALING RELATIONSHIPS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 10044296154     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.000989     Document Type: Article

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