Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 43, Issue 3, 0306001(2023)

All-Optical OPC-NOLM Amplitude Regeneration for Intact Phase Preservation

Biao Guo, Baojian Wu*, Feng Wen, and Kun Qiu
Author Affiliations
  • Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber Sensing & Communications, Ministry of Education, School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, Sichuan, China
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    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: May. 27, 2022

    Accepted: Aug. 2, 2022

    Published Online: Feb. 13, 2023

    The Author Email: Wu Baojian (bjwu@uestc.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS0306001

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