Distortion Characteristics of Optical Directional Coupler Modulators

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 669-673

  Halemane, T R ^a   Korotky, S K ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; INTERFEROMETRY; INTERMODULATION; OPTICS--NONLINEAR; WAVEGUIDES, OPTICAL;

INTERFEROMETRIC MODULATORS; INTERMODULATION DISTORTION; OPTICAL DIRECTIONAL COUPLER MODULATORS; PHASE-MISMATCH MODULATION;

LIGHT;

EID: 0025434754     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.54939     Document Type: Article

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