A soliton transmitter using a CW laser and an NRZ driven Mach-Zehnder modulator

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 950-952

  Veselka, J J ^a   Korotky, S K ^a   Mamyshev, P V ^a   Gnauck, A H ^b   Raybon, G ^a   Froberg, N M ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FIBER OPTICS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL FIBERS; PERFORMANCE; SOLITONS;

MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATOR; NONRETURN TO ZERO; SOLITON TRANSMITTER;

TRANSMITTERS;

EID: 0030191032     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.502281     Document Type: Article

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