All-Optical Wavelength Conversion Using SOA at Nearly Symmetric Position in a Fiber-Based Sagnac Interferometric Loop

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 539-541

  Xu, Lei ^a   Glesk, Ivan ^a   Baby, Varghese ^a   Prucnal, Paul R ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical communication; Optical frequency conversion; Optical polarization; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs); Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

CROSS PHASE MODULATION (XPM); EXTINCTION RATIO; SAGNAC INTERFEROMETER; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOA);

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 1442288474     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.821051     Document Type: Article

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