Comparison between nonlinear and linear spectrographic techniques for the complete characterization of high bit-rate pulses used in optical communications

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1914-1916

  Thomsen, Benn C ^a   Roelens, Michaël A F ^b   Watts, Regan T ^c   Richardson, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

High speed transmission; Optical communications; Optical pulse characterization

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT MODULATORS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SPECTROGRAPHS;

ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATOR; HIGH SPEED TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL PULSE CHARACTERIZATION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 27144528200     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.853261     Document Type: Article

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