High-speed polarization scrambler with adjustable phase chirp

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 311-318

  Heismann, Fred ^a,b   Smith, Robert W ^a,c,d  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b IEEE

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC LOSSES; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE MODULATION;

ADJUSTABLE PHASE CHIRP; DEPOLARIZATION; FIBER TO FIBER INSERTION LOSS; HIGH SPEED POLARIZATION SCRAMBLER; LITHIUM NIOBATE; MACH-ZEHNDER INTENSITY MODULATORS; MICROOPTIC POLARIZATION SPLITTER; MODULATION INDEX; POLARIZATION MODULATION;

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0030156102     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.577385     Document Type: Article

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