A new modal power distribution measurement for high-speed short-reach optical systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 457-468

  Golowich, Steven E ^a   Reed, William A ^b   Ritger, A John ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c OFS   (United States)

Author keywords

Multimedia optical fiber; Optical communications; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CALCULATIONS; CAMERAS; LIGHT MODULATION; MULTIMODE FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

MODAL POWER DISTRIBUTION; RAY OPTICS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 1942518290     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.824386     Document Type: Article

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