Broad-band tunable wavelength conversion using Raman-assisted parametric four-wave mixing in highly nonlinear fibers with double-pass geometry

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 148-150

  Tang, Ming ^a   Gong, Yandong ^b   Shum, Ping ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

All optical wavelength converter; Four wave mixing (FWM); Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS)

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; DISPERSION (WAVES); FOUR WAVE MIXING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; RAMAN SCATTERING;

ALL-OPTICAL WAVELENGTH CONVERSION; HIGHLY NONLINEAR FIBERS; LASER OSCILLATION; OPTICAL BANDPASS FILTER; RAMAN AMPLIFIER; STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING (SRS); WIDEBAND REFLECTOR;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 12344300507     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT2004.838145     Document Type: Article

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