Generation of a widely spaced optical frequency comb using an amplitude modulator pair

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5825, Issue , 2005, Pages 469-473

  Gunning, Fatima C Garcia ^a   Ellis, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Comb source; High Speed Transmission; Optical communications; Phase control; Spectral efficiency; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHASE CONTROL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

COMB SOURCE; HIGH SPEED TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; SPECTRAL EFFICIENCY;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 27644476860     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.605045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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