Optical amplification and signal processing in highly nonlinear optical fiber

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E88-C, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 859-869

  Radic, Stojan ^a,c   McKinstrie, Colin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

All optical signal processing; Optical amplification; Parametric interaction

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MULTICASTING; OPTICAL PUMPING; PACKET SWITCHING; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL DISTORTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALL-OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION; PARAMETRIC INTERACTION; PARAMETRIC PROCESSING;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 22744458730     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietele/e88-c.5.859     Document Type: Conference Paper

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