Demonstration of the feasibility of dual frequency operation of an electroabsorption modulator for demultiplexing in a 16 channel 40Gbit/s OTDM system

Electronics Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1138-1139

  Guy, M J ^a   Chernikov, S V ^a   Taylor, J R ^a   Moodie, D G ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electroabsorption modulators; Time division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CATHODE RAY OSCILLOSCOPES; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; FIBER LASERS; FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DEMULTIPLEXING; ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATOR; ERBIUM DOPED FIBRE AMPLIFIER; OPTICAL SAMPLING OSCILLOSCOPES; OPTICALLY TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXED; POLARIZATION CONTROLLER;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0030572329     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19960693     Document Type: Article

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