Amplification of high-bandwidth phase-modulated signals at 793 nm

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2315-2321

  Reibel, Randy R ^a   Barber, Zeb ^a   Tian, Mingzhen ^a   Babbitt, W Randall ^a   Cole, Zachary ^a   Merkel, Kristian D ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BANDWIDTH; BIT ERROR RATE; INJECTION LASERS; LITHIUM NIOBATE; OSCILLATIONS; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE SHIFT KEYING; PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

OPTICAL SIGNALS;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 0141453083     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002315     Document Type: Article

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