High-resolution, loop-back AWG for compact, high-fidelity optical arbitrary waveform generation

OFC/NFOEC 2008 - 2008 Conference on Optical Fiber Communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Fontaine, Nicolas K ^a   Geisler, David J ^a   Scott, Ryan P ^a   Yang, Chunxin ^b   Soares, Francisco M ^a   Karalar, Aytug ^a   Yang, Jie ^a   Okamoto, Katsu ^a   Heritage, Jonathan P ^a   Yoo, S J Ben ^a  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY WAVEFORM GENERATION; BACK CHANNELS; FIBER OPTIC; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HIGH-FIDELITY; OPTICAL-; PHASE MODULATORS; WAVE FORMS;

DEMULTIPLEXING; FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; POWDERS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TELECOMMUNICATION;

FIBERS;

EID: 49349083915     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OFC.2008.4528580     Document Type: Conference Paper

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