Wavelength-band generation and transmission of 3.24-Tbit/s (81-channel WDM×40-Gbit/s) carrier-suppressed return-to-zero format by use of a single supercontinuum source for frequency standardization

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2803-2809

  Sotobayashi, Hideyuki ^a,c   Chujo, Wataru ^a   Konishi, Akio ^b   Ozeki, Takeshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; FIBER LASERS; FREQUENCY STANDARDS; LASER MODE LOCKING; OPTICAL PUMPING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

SUPERCONTINUUM (SC) SOURCES;

DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 0141636561     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002803     Document Type: Article

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