Chirp consequences of all-optical RZ to NRZ conversion using cross-phase modulation in an active semiconductor photonic integrated circuit

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 233-235

  Park, Sang Gyu ^a   Spiekman, L H ^b   Eiselt, M ^a   Wiesenfeld, J M ^a  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b JDS UNIPHASE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHASE MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ACTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETRY;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 0033902312     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.826898     Document Type: Article

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