Characterization of the dynamic absorption of electroabsorption modulators with application to OTDM demultiplexing

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1835-1839

  Gallant, Andrew D ^a,b   Cartledge, John C ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Gennum Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic absorption; Electroabsorption modulator (EAM); Gating window

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CATHODE RAY OSCILLOSCOPES; DEMULTIPLEXING; ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MODULATION; MODULATORS; OSCILLOGRAPHS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; WINDOWS;

DYNAMIC ABSORPTION; ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATOR (EAM); GATING WINDOW; HIGH FREQUENCIES; MEASUREMENT-BASED; NON-LINEAR RESPONSES; OPTICAL GATING; OPTICAL SAMPLING; OPTICAL TIME-DIVISION MULTIPLEXED; SINUSOIDAL MODULATIONS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 52149112942     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.922190     Document Type: Article

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