Theory of four-wave mixing wavelength conversion in quantum dot semiconductor optical amplifiers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 993-995

  Qasaimeh, Omar ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Four wave mixing (FWM); Quantum dot (QD) amplifiers; Theory; Wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOUR WAVE MIXING; GROUND STATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

DETUNING FREQUENCY; MULTIDISCRETE ENERGY LEVELS; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 1942436779     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.824943     Document Type: Article

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