Demonstration of high robustness to SNR impairment in 20 Gbit/s long-haul transmission using 1.5 μm saturable absorber

Electronics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 1944-1946

  Leclerc, O ^a   Aubin, G ^a   Brindel, P ^a   Mangeney, J ^a   Choumane, H ^a   Barre S ^a   Oudar, J L ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; ION BOMBARDMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

MULTI-QUANTUM WELL SATURABLE ABSORBER VERTICAL CAVITY DEVICES;

DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034322077     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20001356     Document Type: Article

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