Polarization-insensitive all-optical wavelength conversion using dispersion-shifted fiber with a fiber Bragg grating and a Faraday rotator mirror

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1906-1908

  Yu, C ^a   Pan, Z ^b   Wang, Y ^a   Song, Y W ^a   Gurkan, D ^a   Hauer, M C ^a   Starodubov, D ^c   Willner, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IEEE   (United States)

^c IPG Photonics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FOUR WAVE MIXING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DISPERSION SHIFTED FIBER; FARADAY ROTATOR MIRROR; OPTICAL WAVELENGTH CONVERSION; PROPAGATION LOSS; RESIDUAL POLARIZATION SENSITIVITY;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 4043164927     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.831316     Document Type: Article

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