Closed-form dynamic range expression of dual-electrode mach-Zehnder modulator in radio-over-fiber WDM system

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2380-2386

  Hraimel, Bouchaib ^b   Twati, Mohamed O ^a,b,c   Wu, Ke ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b POLY GRAMES RESEARCH CENTER   (Canada)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allowable optical bandwidth; Dual electrode Mach Zehnder modulator; Dynamic range (DR); Radio over fiber

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LIGHT MODULATORS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIO;

DUAL-ELECTRODE MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATOR; DYNAMIC RANGE (DR); PARAMETRIC VARIATIONS; RADIO OVER FIBER; RADIO OVER FIBER SYSTEMS;

WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 33947692180     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.874604     Document Type: Article

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