InP/GalnAsP π-phase-shifted Mach-Zehnder modulator for wavelength independent (1530-1560nm) propagation performance at 10 Gbit/s over standard dispersive fibre

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 697-698

  Penninckx, D ^a   Delansay, Ph ^a   Boucherez, E ^a   Fortin, C ^a   Le Gouezigou, O ^a  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical communication; Optical modulation

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FIBER LASERS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE;

ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER (EDFA); MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATOR;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031119619     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19970446     Document Type: Article

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