Proposal for all-optical generation of ultra-wideband impulse radio signals in Mach-Zehnder interferometer with quantum-dot optical amplifier

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 484-486

  Ezra, Y Ben ^a   Haridim, M ^a   Lembrikov, B I ^a   Ran, M ^a  

^a HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

All optical communication; Mach Zehnder interferometer (MZI); Quantum dot semiconductor optical amplifier (QD SOA)

Indexed keywords

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; IMPULSE NOISE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; RADIO; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

CROSS-GAIN MODULATION; CROSS-PHASE MODULATION; ULTRA-WIDEBAND IMPULSE RADIO SIGNALS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

ALL-OPTICAL; ALL-OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; CROSS GAIN MODULATION; CROSS-PHASE MODULATIONS; INTEGRATED MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; LOW ENERGIES; MACH-ZEHNDER; NONSYMMETRIC; NOVEL METHODS; OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; OPTICAL FIBER SYSTEMS; QUANTUM DOT SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; QUANTUM DOTS; ULTRA WIDEBAND IMPULSE RADIO;

EID: 41149128726     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.918256     Document Type: Article

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