Controlling optical signals through parametric processes

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 717-725

  Namiki, Shu ^a   Kurosu, Takayuki ^a   Tanizawa, Ken ^a   Petit, Stéphane ^a   Gao, Mingyi ^a   Kurumida, Junya ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Highly nonlinear fibers (HNLF); nonlinear optics; optical fiber communication; optical regeneration; parametric processes; tunable dispersion compensation; variable optical delay; wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

HIGHLY NONLINEAR FIBERS; OPTICAL DELAY; OPTICAL REGENERATION; PARAMETRIC PROCESS; TUNABLE DISPERSION COMPENSATION;

DISPERSION (WAVES); NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

PARAMETRIC DEVICES;

EID: 84858441548     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2011.2122246     Document Type: Review

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