Chromatic dispersion monitoring of 80-Gb/s OTDM data signal via two-photon absorption in a semiconductor microcavity

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-23

  Bondarczuk, K ^a   Maguire, P J ^a   Barry, Liam P ^a   O'Dowd, J ^b   Guo, W H ^b   Lynch, M ^b   Bradley, A L ^b   Donegan, J F ^b   Folliot, H ^c  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c INSA DE RENNES   (France)

Author keywords

Dispersion monitoring; Microcavity; Two photon absorption (TPA); Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

CHROMATIC DISPERSION MONITORING; OPTICAL TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM; SEMICONDUCTOR MICROCAVITY; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTION (TPA);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33846118220     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.888983     Document Type: Article

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