Polarization independent wavelength conversion in fibers using incoherent pumps

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 5493-5498

  Tian, Yu ^a   Dong, Peng ^a   Yang, Changxi ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; POLARIZATION; PUMPS;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION (ASE); INCOHERENT PUMPS;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; LASERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 42149156656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.005493     Document Type: Article

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