10-Gb/s RZ-DPSK transmitter using a saturated SOA as a power booster and limiting amplifier

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1582-1584

  Wei, Xing ^a   Su, Yikai ^a,b   Liu, Xiang ^a   Leuthold, Juerg ^a   Chandrasekhar, S ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Differential phase shift keying (DPSK); Modulation format; Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; PHASE SHIFT KEYING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TRANSMITTERS;

LIMITING AMPLIFIER; POWER BOOSTER; SINGLE CHANNEL RETURN TO ZERO;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 2942729983     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.826732     Document Type: Article

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