System-performance analysis of optimized gain-switched pulse source employed in 40- and 80-Gb/s OTDM systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1495-1502

  Anandarajah, Prince M ^a   Clarke, Aisling M ^a   Guignard, Celine ^a   Bramerie, Laurent ^b   Barry, Liam P ^a   Harvey, John D ^c   Simon, Jean Claude ^b  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Grating; Optical communication; Optical pulse generation; Pulse compression

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LASER PULSES; PULSE COMPRESSION; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

GAIN-SWITCHED LASER; LINEARLY CHIRPED GRATING; OPTICAL TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXED (OTDM); ULTRASHORT OPTICAL PULSE SOURCES;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 34250859469     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.896760     Document Type: Article

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