2R Limiter circuit using CW holding beam for the XGM wavelength converter

IEICE Transactions on Communications

Volumn E87-B, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2886-2894

  Kim, Joo Youp ^a   Lee, Jae Hyeok ^a   Kim, Yong Ook ^a   Kang, Jeung Mo ^a   Han, Sang Kook ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

2R; CW holding beam; Limiter circuit; Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); Wavelength converter

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CW HOLDING BEAM; LIMITER CIRCUIT; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (SOA); WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS;

WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 7544221004     PISSN: 09168516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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