Four-wave-mixing-based dual-wavelength conversion in a semiconductor optical amplifier

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 1550-1552

  Gallep, Cristiano M ^a   Dorren, Harmen J S ^b   Raz, Oded ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; optical frequency conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs)

Indexed keywords

10 GB/ S; AMPLITUDE AND PHASE MODULATIONS; AMPLITUDE-MODULATED; ASYNCHRONOUS OPERATION; BIT RATES; CONTINUOUS WAVES; DUAL-CHANNEL OPERATIONS; DUAL-WAVELENGTH; INPUT POWER; OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; OPTICAL SIGNALS; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

FOUR WAVE MIXING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 77957727851     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2068284     Document Type: Article

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