Capacity of QAM SCM systems utilising optically linearised Mach-Zehnder modulator as transmitter

Electronics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 25, 1998, Pages 2372-2374

  Wilson, G ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; CHANNEL CAPACITY; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LIGHT MODULATORS; QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TRANSMITTERS;

LASER TRANSMITTER; MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATOR; SUBCARRIER MULTIPLEXED SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0032279126     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19981695     Document Type: Article

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