Characterization of 40-Gbit/s pulses generated using a lithium niobate modulator at 1550 nm using frequency resolved optical gating

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 186-191

  Thomsen, Benn C ^a   Reid, Douglas A ^b   Watts, Regan T ^b   Barry, Liam P ^c   Harvey, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

High speed transmission; Optical communications; Optical pulse characterization

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER PULSES; LITHIUM NIOBATE; MODULATORS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; PULSE MODULATION; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

FREQUENCY RESOLVED OPTICAL GATING; LITHIUM NIOBATE MODULATOR; MULTIPLEXER; NONLINEAR FIBER COMPRESSOR; OPTICAL PULSE CHARACTERIZATION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0742286320     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2003.822016     Document Type: Article

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