Arbitrary waveform generator based on all-incoherent pulse shaping

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 2626-2628

  Torres Company, Victor ^a   Lancis, Jesús ^a   Andrés, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Microwave photonics; Optical propagation in dispersive media; Optical pulse shaping

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); DISTORTION (WAVES); LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHOTODIODES;

MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; OPTICAL PULSE SHAPING; OPTICAL-TO-ELECTRICAL CONVERSION; SPECTRAL DENSITY FUNCTION;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 33845810583     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.887215     Document Type: Article

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