Considerations on the α-factor of nonideal, external optical Mach-Zehnder modulators

Journal of Optical Communications

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 42-48

  Wenke, Gerhard ^a   Klimmek, Marcus ^a,b  

^a EVO 35   (Germany)

^b Fachkochuchude für Technick   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ELECTRODES; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PHASE MODULATION;

CRYSTAL CUT; HIGH SPEED DISPERSIVE TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; OPTICAL MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATORS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0030126714     PISSN: 01734911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JOC.1996.17.2.42     Document Type: Article

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