Proposal for All-Optical Switchable and Tunable Ultrawideband Monocycle Generation Utilizing SOA Wavelength Conversion and Time Delay

Zhefeng HU; Jianhui XU; Min HOU

doi:10.1007/s13320-016-0389-6

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