Compact 160-Gb/s add-drop multiplexer with a 40-Gb/s base rate using electroabsorption modulators

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1564-1566

  Chou, Hsu Feng ^a   Bowers, John E ^a   Blumenthal, Daniel J ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Add drop multiplexing; Electroabsorption; Optical time division multiplexing (OTDM); Standing wave device; Traveling wave device

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ERROR ANALYSIS; SWITCHING SYSTEMS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ADD DROP MULTIPLEXER; BASE RATE; ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS; ERROR FREE OPERATION; OPTICAL CONTROL PULSES;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 2942752410     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.827118     Document Type: Article

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