All-optical 1310 to 1550 nm wavelength conversion by utilising nonlinear polarisation rotation in semiconductor optical amplifier

Electronics Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-30

  Turkiewicz, J P ^a   Khoe, G D ^a   De Waardt, H ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BIREFRINGENCE; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; POLARIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOA); TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC (TE); TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC (TM); WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 12844266110     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20057435     Document Type: Article

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