An Analytic and Experimental Comparison of Direct and External Modulation in Analog Fiber-Optic Links

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 501-509

  Cox, Charles H ^a   Betts, Gary E ^a   Johnson, Leonard M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LIGHT--MODULATORS;

ANALOG FIBER-OPTIC LINKS; DIRECTLY MODULATED FIBER-OPTIC LINK; MACH-ZEHNDER EXTERNAL MODULATOR; P-I-N PHOTODIODE; SMALL-SIGNAL LINK MODELS;

TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS, OPTICAL;

EID: 0025434981     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.54917     Document Type: Article

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