A novel transmitter architecture for combined baseband data and subcarrier-multiplexed control links using differential Mach-Zehnder external modulators

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1397-1399

  Gaudino, R ^a,b,c   Blumenthal, D J ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical communication; Optical modulation; Optical networks; Subcarrier multiplexing

Indexed keywords

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT MODULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL LINKS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TRANSMITTERS;

BASEBAND DATA; SUBCARRIER MULTIPLEXING;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0031258255     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.623275     Document Type: Article

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