Cascadability and wavelength tunability assessment of a 2R regeneration device based on saturable absorber and semiconductor optical amplifier

2006 Optical Fiber Communication Conference, and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Gay, M ^a   Bramerie, L ^a   Simon, J C ^a   O'Hare, A ^b   Massoubre, D ^c   Oudar, J L ^c   Shen, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^c UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^d ALCATEL THALES III V LAB   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; TUNING;

MICROCAVITY SATURABLE ABSORBER; RECIRCULATING LOOP;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33845370826     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ofc.2006.215684     Document Type: Conference Paper

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