Transmission beyond the dispersion limit using a negative chirp electroabsorption modulator

Electronics Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 1994, Pages 1168-1169

  Fells, J A ^a   White, I H ^a   Penty, R V ^a   Gibbon, M A ^b   Thompson, G H B ^b   Armistead, C J ^b   Kimber, E M ^b   Moule, D J ^b   Thrush, E J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electroabsorption modulators; Optical communication; Optical dispersion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ENERGY GAP; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LASERS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

DISPERSION LIMIT; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASER; ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATOR; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATION; OPTICAL DISPERSION; PRECHIRPING;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0028767475     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19940778     Document Type: Article

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