Widely pulsewidth-tunable multiwavelength synchronized pulse generation utilizing a single SOA-based delayed interferometric switch

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 902-904

  Matsuura, Motoharu ^a   Kishi, Naoto ^a   Miki, Tetsuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pulse generation; Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BIT ERROR RATE; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT SOURCES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EXTERNAL CAVITY LASER DIODE; OPTICAL BANDPASS FILTER; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 17644377910     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.842792     Document Type: Article

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