Performance of 40-Gb/s DPSK demodulator in SOI-technology

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 614-616

  Voigt, Karsten ^a   Zimmermann, Lars ^a   Winzer, George ^a   Mitze, Torsten ^a   Bruns, Jürgen ^a   Petermann, Klaus ^a   Huttl, Bernd ^b   Schubert, Colja ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demodulation; Differential phase shift keying (DPSK); Rib waveguide; Silicon on insulator (SOI) technology

Indexed keywords

DEMODULATORS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE SHIFT KEYING;

DELAY INTERFEROMETER; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE-SHIFT KEYING; RIB WAVEGUIDE;

SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 41849147902     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.918909     Document Type: Article

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