Parallel Optical Interconnection for Uncoded Data Transmission with 1 Gb/s-per-Channel Capacity, High Dynamic Range, and Low Power Consumption

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1017-1030

  Karstensen, Holger ^a   Hanke, Christian ^a   Honsberg, Martin ^a   Weger, Peter ^a   Popp, Joseph ^a   Kropp, Jörg Reinhardt ^a   Wieland, Jörg ^b   Blaser, Markus ^b  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CHANNEL CAPACITY; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CROSSTALK; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TRANSMITTERS;

POWER CONSUMPTION; THRESHOLD CURRENTS;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 0029326523     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: 15582213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.390218     Document Type: Article

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