Effects of polarization dependent gain and dynamic birefringence of the SOA on the performance of the ultrafast nonlinear interferometer gate

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2541-2547

  Honzatko, P ^a   Kumpera, A ^a   Skoda, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHOTONICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; GAIN CONTROL; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS;

NONLINEAR INTERFEROMETER GATE; POLARIZATION DEPENDENT GAIN; SOA;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 33847716265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.002541     Document Type: Article

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