Recent advances in the design and experimental implementation of fiber optical parametric amplifiers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5623, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 691-704

  Marhic, M E ^a   Wong, K K Y ^b   Kalogerakis, G ^a   Kazovsky, L G ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Four wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical communication; Optical fibers; Parametric amplification; Wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PULSE MODULATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

GAIN SPECTRA; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; RAMAN AMPLIFIERS; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 17644376813     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.580182     Document Type: Conference Paper

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