Influence of modulator chirp in assessing the performance implications of the group delay ripple of dispersion compensating fiber bragg gratings

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1621-1628

  Cartledge, J C ^a   Chen, H ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dispersion compensating fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs); Dispersion compensation; Transmission system performance

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CALCULATIONS; DISPERSION (WAVES); LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

DISPERSION COMPENSATING GRATINGS; GROUP DELAY RIPPLE; MODULATOR CHIRP; TRANSMISSION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 0042888690     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.814382     Document Type: Article

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