An Optical Technique for Bit and Packet Synchronization

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 123-125

  Blixt, Peter ^a   Bowers, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL LINKS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PACKET SWITCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BIT RATE; BIT SYNCHRONIZATION; FIBER DISPERSION; PULSE SHAPE VARIATIONS; SWITCHING NODE; TIMING JITTER; TRANSMISSION PENALTY;

SYNCHRONIZATION;

EID: 0029196603     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.363399     Document Type: Article

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