All-Optical Wavelength Conversion of a 100- Gb/s Polarization-Multiplexed Signal

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 17758-17763

  Martelli, P ^a   Boffi, P ^a   Ferrano, M ^a   Marazzi, L ^a   Parolari, P ^a   Siano, R ^a   Pusino, V ^b   Minzioni, P ^b   Cristiani, I ^b   Langrock, C ^c   Fejer, M M ^c   Martinelli, M ^a   Degiorgio, V ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFT KEYING; POLARIZATION; QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING;

ALL-OPTICAL WAVELENGTH CONVERSION; DIFFERENTIAL QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING (DQPSK); EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; PERIODICALLY POLED LITHIUM NIOBATE WAVEGUIDES; POLARIZATION CHANNELS; POLARIZATION INDEPENDENT; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; WAVELENGTH CONVERTER;

OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELECOMMUNICATION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL DEVICES; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 70349679299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.017758     Document Type: Article

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