All-Optical Regeneration Using a Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser with External Light Injection

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E87-C, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 409-415

  Onishi, Yutaka ^a   Koyama, Fumio ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

All optical 2R regeneration; Detuning; External light injection; Frequency pulling effect; Transverse mode; Vertical cavity surface emitting laser

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SWITCHING; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ALL OPTICAL 2R REGENERATION; DETUNING; EXTERNAL LIGHT INJECTION; FREQUENCY PULLING EFFECT; TRANSVERSE MODES; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 1642266953     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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