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Low-input power wavelength conversion at 10 Gb/s using an integrated amplifier/DFB laser and subsequent transmission over 375 km of fiber

Stephens et al., 2002

Document ID
5040880078930616517
Author
Stephens M
Penty R
White I
Fice M
Whiteaway J
Saunders R
Publication year
Publication venue
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

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All-optical wavelength conversion of a 10-Gb/s pseudorandom bit sequence (PRES) signal is demonstrated for the first time in an in-line integrated semiconductor optical amplifier/distributed feedback (SOA/DFB) laser requiring an input power of only 0.7 mW …
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