Simple and novel method for measuring the chirp parameter of an intensity modulated light source

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 700-702

  Kowalski, Benoît ^a   Debeau, Jean ^a   Boittin, Rémi ^a  

^a Base Informatque   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHASE SHIFT;

CHIRP MODULATION; CHIRP PARAMETER; OPTICAL FIBER TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION; PULSE MEASUREMENTS;

OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0032661377     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.766790     Document Type: Article

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