Phase-tunable low-loss, S-C-, and L-band DPSK and DQPSK demodulator

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 1886-1888

  Lizé, Yannick Keith ^a   Faucher, Mathieu ^a   Jarry, Érick ^a   Ouellette, Patrick ^a   Villeneuve, Éric ^a   Wetter, Alexandre ^a   Séguin, Fraņcois ^a  

^a ITF Laboratories   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delay line interferometer; Demodulation; Differential phase shift keying; Differential phase shift keying (DPSK); Differential quadrature phase shift keying (DQPSK); Mach Zehnder interferometer; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING;

DIFFERENTIAL PHASE-SHIFT KEYING; DIFFERENTIAL QUADRATURE PHASE-SHIFT KEYING; OPTICAL FIBER DEVICES; OPTICAL FIBER POLARIZATION; OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRY;

DEMODULATORS;

EID: 38049188082     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.908656     Document Type: Article

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