Extinction ratio improvement using nonlinear four-wave mixing in SOAs with assist beam

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2079-2083

  Dlubek, Michal P ^a   Phillips, Andrew J ^a   Larkins, Eric C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assist light; Extinction ratio; Four wave mixing; Optical regeneration; Semiconductor optical amplifier

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; MIXING; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

ALL-OPTICAL SIGNAL REGENERATION; ASSIST LIGHT; EXTINCTION RATIO; GAIN CURVES; GAIN SATURATION; NONLINEAR EXPONENT; OPTICAL REGENERATION; POWER TRANSFERS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; WAVE LENGTH SHIFTING;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

EID: 46049091040     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.23581     Document Type: Article

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