Simultaneous, bidirectional modulation of two channels in a single optical modulator

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 886-888

  Gopalakrishnan, Ganesh K ^a   Gheorma, Ioan L ^a  

^a COVEGA Corporation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Optical modulation; Subcarrier multiplexing

Indexed keywords

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL CHANNELS; SUBCARRIER MULTIPLEXING;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 34249828187     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.897556     Document Type: Article

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