Direct UV written Michelson interferometer for RZ signal generation using phase-to-intensity modulation conversion

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1674-1676

  Peucheret, Christophe ^a   Geng, Yan ^a   Svalgaard, Mikael ^a   Zsigri, Beáta ^a   Sørensen, Henrik Rokkjaer ^a   Chi, Nan ^a   Deyerl, Hans Jürgen ^a,b   Kristensen, Martin ^a,c   Jeppesen, Palle ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Delay interferometer (DI); Direct ultraviolet (UV) writing; Integrated optics; Return to zero (RZ) generation

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; BIT ERROR RATE; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE MODULATION; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

DELAY INTERFEROMETER (DI); DIRECT ULTRAVIOLET WRITING; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER; RETURN-TO-ZERO (RZ) GENERATION;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 23844451694     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.851930     Document Type: Article

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