Optical dispersion compensator suitable for use with non-wavelength-locked transmitters

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 166-168

  Doerr, Christopher R ^a,b   Chandrasekhar, S ^a,b   Buhl, Lawrence L ^b   Cappuzzo, Mark A ^b   Chen, Evans Yifan ^b   Wong Foy, A ^b   Gomez, L T ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Optical equalizers; Optical planar waveguide components; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL DISPERSION COMPENSATOR (ODC); OPTICAL EQUALIZERS; OPTICAL PLANAR WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS; SIGNAL WAVELENGTH;

INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVELENGTH; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 33847635461     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.860475     Document Type: Article

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