High-sensitivity demodulation of multiple-data-rate WDM-DPSK signals using a single interferometer

OFC/NFOEC 2007 - Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Caplan, D O ^a   Stevens, M L ^a   Carney, J J ^a  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMODULATION; INTERFEROMETERS; PHASE SHIFT KEYING;

CHANNEL-SPACING STANDARDS; MULTIPLE-DATA-RATE WDM-DPSK SIGNALS;

WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 39749157097     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OFC.2007.4348658     Document Type: Conference Paper

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