Picosecond pulse generation with high extinction ratio employing electroabsorption modulator, fibre compressor, and self-phase-modulation-based pulse reshaper

Electronics Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-16

  Taira, K ^a   Kikuchi, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; CORRELATION METHODS; DEMULTIPLEXING; JITTER; SELF PHASE MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; SYNCHRONIZATION; THIN FILMS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS (EAM); FIBRE PULSE COMPRESSORS; GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION (GVD);

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 0347130860     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20040057     Document Type: Article

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