A multiwavelength short pulse source based on saturated optical fiber parametric amplification

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 592-594

  Dahan, David ^a   Shumakher, Evgeny ^a   Eisenstein, Gadi ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Optical parametric amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

FOUR WAVE MIXING; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PHASE MODULATION; PULSE AMPLIFIERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

MULTIWAVELENGTH SHORT PULSE; OPTICAL FIBER PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 32044460400     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.863631     Document Type: Article

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