Integrated tunable fiber gratings for dispersion management in high-bit rate systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1418-1432

  Eggleton, B J ^a   Ahuja, A ^a   Westbrook, P S ^a   Rogers, J A ^a   Kuo, P ^a   Nielsen, T N ^a   Mikkelsen, B ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; THIN FILMS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

CHIRP RATE; GROUP-DELAY RIPPLE; INTEGRATED TUNABLE FIBER GRATINGS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 0034291737     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.887194     Document Type: Article

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