High-efficiency wide-band SOA-based wavelength converters by using dual-pumped four-wave mixing and an assist beam

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1903-1905

  Hsu, Dar Zu ^a   Lee, San Liang ^b   Gong, Pei Miin ^a   Lin, Yu Min ^a   Lee, Steven S W ^a   Yuang, Maria C ^c  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOUR WAVE MIXING; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DUAL PUMPED FOUR WAVE MIXING; OPTICAL NETWORKS; RECEIVER POWER PENALTY; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; WAVELENGTH COVERTERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 4043131032     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.829757     Document Type: Article

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