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List of Abbreviations<br />

AOWC All Optical <strong>Wavelength</strong> <strong>Converter</strong><br />

AR Anti Reflection<br />

ASE Amplified Spontaneous Emission<br />

ATT ATTenuator<br />

AWG Arrayed Waveguide Grating<br />

BER Bit Error Rate<br />

BOE Buffered Oxide Etch<br />

BPF Band Pass Filter<br />

CW Continuous Wave<br />

DBR Distributed Bragg Reflector<br />

DFB Distributed FeedBack<br />

DFG Difference Frequency Generation<br />

DI Delayed Interference<br />

DOMO Dual Order MOde<br />

EAM Electro Absorption Modulator<br />

ECL Extended Cavity <strong>Laser</strong><br />

EDFA Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier<br />

ER Extinction Ratio<br />

EWS Extended Waveguide SOA<br />

FP Fabry-Perot<br />

FPR Free-Propagation Region<br />

FSR Free Spectral Range<br />

FWM Four Wave Mixing<br />

HR High Reflection<br />

ISRR Input Signal Reflection Ratio<br />

LP-MOVPE Liquid-Phase Metal-Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy<br />

MI Michelson Interferometer<br />

MMI Multi-Mode Interference (coupler)<br />

MOVPE Metal-Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy<br />

MQW Multi Quantum Well<br />

MUX MUltipleXer<br />

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