Waveform distortions due to second-order dispersion and dispersion mismatches in a temporal pulse-shaping system

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3528-3535

  Chi, Hao ^a,b   Yao, Jianping ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arbitrary waveform generation (AWG); Chromatic dispersion; Fiber optics; Fourier transform; Optical signal processing; Remporal pulse shaping (TPS); Ultrashort pulse

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DISPERSION (WAVES); FIBER OPTICS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; PULSE MODULATION; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ARBITRARY WAVEFORM GENERATION; TEMPORAL PULSE-SHAPING SYSTEM; WAVEFORM DISTORTION;

DISTORTION (WAVES);

EID: 37249078745     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.906802     Document Type: Article

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