Multiwavelength pulse source for OTDM/WDM applications based on arrayed waveguide grating

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1659-1661

  Khrushchev, I Y ^a   Bainbridge, J D ^a   Whiteaway, J E A ^b   White, I H ^a   Penty, R V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIGHT MODULATION; MIRRORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION; SELF-PHASE MODULATION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0033344205     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.806879     Document Type: Article

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