Ultrawideband wavelength conversion using cascaded SOA-based wavelength converters

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-45

  Matsuura, Motoharu ^a   Kishi, Naoto ^a   Miki, Tetsuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

All optical devices; Broadband wavelength conversion; Optical fiber communication; Optical regeneration; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs); Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; CASCADE CONNECTIONS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

BROADBAND WAVELENGTH CONVERSION; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL REGENERATION; ULTRAWIDEBAND WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 34147134442     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.888939     Document Type: Conference Paper

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