Wide-band QAM-over-fiber using phase modulation and interferometric demodulation

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2374-2376

  Urick, Vincent J ^a   Qiu, Joe X ^a   Bucholtz, Frank ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DEMODULATION; FIBER OPTICS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL LINKS; PHASE MODULATION;

INTERFEROMETRIC DEMODULATION; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; MICROWAVE QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION;

QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION;

EID: 5444227779     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.834551     Document Type: Article

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