An experimental and theoretical study of the suppression of interferometric noise and distortion in AM optical links by Phase Dither

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 437-443

  Yariv, Amnon ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Blauvelt, Henry ^a   Huff, David ^a   Zarem, Hal ^a  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b University of California ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Geulah High School   (Israel)

^e LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

^h IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERMODULATION; LASER OPTICS; LIGHT REFLECTION; PHASE MODULATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL DISTORTION;

BESSEL FUNCTION; INTERFEROMETRIC FIBER OPTIC NOISE; LASER RADIATION;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 0031103135     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.557558     Document Type: Article

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