All-optical regeneration at the receiver of 10-Gb/s RZ data transmitted over 30 000 km using an electroabsorption modulator

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 205-207

  Cho, Pak S ^a,b   Sinha, Pranay ^c   Mahgerefteh, Daniel ^a,b   Carter, Gary M ^d  

^a LABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c 3M COMPANY   (United States)

^d University of Marylandw Baltimore County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MODULATORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS (EAM); RETURN TO ZERO (RZ);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0034135727     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.823518     Document Type: Article

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