Wide-band and -range tunable dispersion compensation through parametric wavelength conversion and dispersive optical fibers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-35

  Namiki, Shu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fiber optical parametric process; Optical fiber dispersion; Spectral inversion; Tunable dispersion compensation (TDC)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DISPERSION COMPENSATION; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

SPECTRAL INVERSION; TUNABLE DISPERSION COMPENSATION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 40749101762     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.912113     Document Type: Conference Paper

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