A duration-tunable, multiwavelength pulse source for OTDM and WDM communications systems

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1017-1019

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

^a IEEE

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Time division multiplexing; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH COMPRESSION; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; SOLITONS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DISPERSION COMPENSATING FIBERS (DFB); ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS (EAM); MULTIWAVELENGTH PULSE SOURCES;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 0031188547     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.593385     Document Type: Article

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