1.6 ps pulse generation at 40 GHz in phaselocked ring laser incorporating highly nonlinear fibre for application to 160 Gbit/s OTDM networks

Electronics Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 645-646

  Ellis, A D ^a   Manning, R J ^a   Phillips, I D ^a   Nesset, D ^a  

^a MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LIGHT MODULATORS; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS; ORTHOGONAL TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (OTDM);

RING LASERS;

EID: 0032689573     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19990429     Document Type: Article

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