Noise characteristics of four-wave mixing between short pulses in semiconductor optical amplifiers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1909-1914

  Xie, Chongjin ^a   Ye, Peida ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

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EID: 5244298454     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.001909     Document Type: Article

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