A quaternary amplitude shift keying modulator for suppressing initial amplitude distortion

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 733-738

  Nakamura, Takuya ^a   Kani, Jun Ichi ^a   Teshima, Mitsuhiro ^a   Iwatsuki, Katsumi ^a  

^a NTT Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amplitude distortion; Eye opening penalty; Mach Zehnder modulator (MZM); Quaternary amplitude shift keying (4ASK)

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SIGNAL DISTORTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

AMPLITUDE DISTORTION; MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATOR; QUATERNARY AMPLITUDE SHIFT KEYING MODULATOR;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 2142722271     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.824465     Document Type: Article

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