Performance optimization of an InP-based widely tunable all-optical wavelength converter operating at 40 Gb/s

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 577-579

  Lal, Vikrant ^a   Mašanovic, Milan L ^a   Summers, Joseph A ^a   Coldren, Larry A ^a   Blumenthal, Daniel J ^a  

^a Santa Barbara   (United States)

Author keywords

Mach Zehnder interferometer (MZI); Photonic integrated circuit; Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); Wavelength conversion; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MIRRORS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER (MZI); PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (SOA); WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 32044437390     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.864000     Document Type: Article

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