Optimizing the bias and modulation voltages of MQW Mach-Zehnder modulators for 10 Gb/s transmission on nondispersion shifted fiber

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1142-1151

  Cartledge, John C ^a,b,c,d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

^c Optical Commun Dept Tele D   (Denmark)

^d Lightwave Syst Technol Res D   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE SHIFT; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION; KERR NONLINEARITY; MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATORS; NONDISPERSION SHIFTED FIBER; PHASE CONSTANTS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0032649792     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.774246     Document Type: Article

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