Interferometric noise reduction through intrabit frequency evolution of directly modulated DFB lasers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2117-2124

  Legg, Peter J ^b   Tur, Moshe ^a,c   Regev, Hamutal ^c   Cornwell, W David ^b   Shabeer, Mohammed ^d   Andonovic, Ivan ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT MODULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TRANSMITTERS;

NOISE SUPPRESSION TECHNIQUE; OPTICAL NETWORKS;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS;

EID: 0030263879     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.541198     Document Type: Article

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