A Novel Optical Modulator System with Enhanced Linearization Properties

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 1991, Pages 1102-1104

  Lam, Juan F ^a   Tangonan, Gregory L ^a  

^a Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT - MODULATORS; LINEARIZATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS - COUPLERS;

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; OPTICAL MODULATOR;

MODULATORS;

EID: 0026403887     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.118015     Document Type: Article

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9. We have chosen to focus on the second directional coupler since it is inflexible to real time changes after fabrication.