Design and performance of the bidirectional optical single-sideband modulator

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1071-1082

  Loayssa, Alayn ^a   Lim, Christina ^b   Nirmalathas, Ampalavanapillai ^b   Benito, David ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrooptic modulation; Microwave photonics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical modulation; Signal processing; Single sideband modulation

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; LIGHT MODULATION; MICROWAVES; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; PHASE SHIFT; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

MICROWAVE PHOTONICS;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 0038493647     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.810077     Document Type: Article

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