Compact optical 3R regeneration using a traveling-wave electroabsorption modulator

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 486-488

  Chou, Hsu Feng ^a   Hu, Zhaoyang ^a   Bowers, John E ^a   Blumenthal, Daniel J ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Clock recovery; Electroabsorption modulator (EAM); Regeneration; Traveling wave (TW); Wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ELECTRIC CLOCKS; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PHOTOCURRENTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIMING JITTER;

CLOCK RECOVERY; ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATOR (EAM); REAMPLIFICATION REGENERATION; RESHAPING REGENERATION; RETIMING REGENERATION; TRAVELING WAVE MODULATOR; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 13444251275     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.839453     Document Type: Article

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