Spectrum of externally modulated optical signals

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 658-663

  Ho, Keang Po ^a   Kahn, Joseph M ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c StrataLight Communications   (United States)

Author keywords

External modulator; Optical networks; Power spectrum

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BESSEL FUNCTIONS; LIGHT MODULATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

BESSEL FILTERING; EXTERNALLY MODULATED OPTICAL SIGNALS; MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATOR; OPTICAL NETWORKS; OPTICAL POWER SPECTRUM;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 1942453716     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.824453     Document Type: Article

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