Analog and digital optical pulse synthesizers using arrayed-waveguide gratings for high-speed optical signal processing

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 670-677

  Tsuda, Hiroyuki ^a   Tanaka, Yosuke ^b   Shioda, Tatsutoshi ^b   Kurokawa, Takashi ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Frequency synthesizers; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguide; Signal generators

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DISPERSION COMPENSATION; LENSES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE MODULATION;

DIGITAL OPTICAL PULSE SYNTHESIZERS; HIGH-RESOLUTION ARRAYED-WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS (AWG); OPTICAL PULSE SYNTHESIZERS;

OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 42649093834     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.916580     Document Type: Article

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