Multichannel wavelength conversion of 50-Gbit/s NRZ-DQPSK signals using a quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifier

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 26, 2011, Pages B560-B566

  Matsuura, Motoharu ^a,b   Calabretta, Nicola ^a   Raz, Oded ^a   Dorren, Harm J S ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CHANNEL CONFIGURATION; CHANNEL SPACINGS; ERROR FREE OPERATIONS; FOUR-CHANNEL; LOW POWER; MULTI-CHANNEL; NON-RETURN-TO-ZERO; QUANTUM DOT SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 83455188013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.00B560     Document Type: Article

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