Photocurrent-Assisted Wavelength (PAW) Conversion With Electrical Monitoring Capability Using a Traveling-Wave Electroabsorption Modulator

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 530-532

  Chou, Hsu Feng ^a   Chiu, Yi Jen ^a,b   Keating, Adrian ^a   Bowers, John E ^a   Blumenthal, Daniel J ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cross absorption modulation; Electroabsorption; Traveling wave (TW) device; Wavelength conversion; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOCURRENTS;

CROSS-ABSORPTION MODULATION; ELECTROABSORPTION; TRAVELING-WAVE ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS (TW-EAM); WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 1442313094     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.821095     Document Type: Article

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