Supercontinuum source based on an electroabsorption-modulated laser for long distance DWDM transmission

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1695-1697

  Boivin, L ^b   Taccheo, S ^c   Doerr, C R ^a,b   Stulz, L W ^b   Monnard, R ^d   Lin, W ^d   Fang, W C ^d  

^a IEEE

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATED LASERS; ERROR-FREE TRANSMISSION; NONLINEAR COMPRESSION; SOLITON COMPRESSION; SPECTRUM SLICING; SUPERCONTINUUM SOURCES;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; ELECTRON ABSORPTION; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; HARMONIC GENERATION; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0034469705     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.896352     Document Type: Article

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