Demonstration of birefringence in a bulk semiconductor optical amplifier and its application to all-optical wavelength conversion

NIST Special Publication

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 167-170

  Guo, L Q ^a   Connelly, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Cross polarization modulation; Polarization rotation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BIREFRINGENCE; BIT ERROR RATE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MODULATION; PHASE SHIFT; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

CROSS POLARIZATION MODULATION; POLARIZATION ROTATION; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 20444498983     PISSN: 1048776X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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