Multi-wavelength source using low drive-voltage amplitude modulators for optical communications

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2981-2986

  Healy, Tadhg ^a   Gunning, Fatima C Garcia ^a   Ellis, Andrew D ^a   Bull, Jeff D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Versawave Technologies Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; VOLTAGE CONTROL; WAVELENGTH;

AMPLITUDE MODULATORS; OPTICAL COMB; SIDE-MODE-SUPPRESSION RATIO (SMSR);

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 33947386179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.002981     Document Type: Article

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