Effects of Phase-to-Intensity Noise Conversion by Multiple Reflections on Gigabit-per-Second DFB Laser Transmission Systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1989, Pages 888-895

  Gimlett, James L ^a   Cheung, Nim K ^a  

^a TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS--NOISE, SPURIOUS SIGNAL; NOISE, SPURIOUS SIGNAL--SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY;

DFB LASER TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; INTERFEROMETRIC NOISE; LASER PHASE NOISE; MULTIPLE REFLECTIONS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0024681082     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: 15582213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.32354     Document Type: Article

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