A widely tunable wavelength converter based on nonlinear polarization rotation in a carbon-nanotube-deposited D-shaped fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 7664-7669

  Chow, K K ^a   Yamashita, S ^a   Song, Y W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; CARBON; NANOTUBES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PHASE MODULATION; POLARIZATION; YARN;

BIT ERROR RATE MEASUREMENTS; CROSS PHASE MODULATION; NONLINEAR MEDIUM; NONLINEAR POLARIZATION ROTATION; NONRETURN TO ZERO SIGNAL; WAVELENGTH TUNABLE; WIDELY TUNABLE; WIDELY-TUNABLE WAVELENGTH CONVERTER;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELECOMMUNICATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 66549128366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.007664     Document Type: Article

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