Transform-limited 14ps optical pulse generation with 15GHz repetition rate by ingaasp electroabsorption modulator

Electronics Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1992, Pages 1007-1008

  Suzuki, M ^a   Tanaka, H ^a   Utaka, K ^a   Edagawa, N ^a   Matsushima, Y ^a  

^a KDDI R AND D LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optical modulation; Optoelectronics; Pulse generation

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS;

ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATOR; NONLINEAR ATTENUATION RESPONSE; OPTICAL SOLITON TRANSMISSION; SIMUSOIDAL MODULATION; TRANSFORM-LIMITED OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0026867703     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19920640     Document Type: Article

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