Noise filtering in a multi-channel system using a tunable liquid crystal photonic bandgap fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 20067-20072

  Petersen, Martin Nordal ^a   Scolari, Lara ^a   Tokle, Torger ^b   Alkeskjold, Thomas Tanggaard ^c   Gauza, Sebastian ^d   Wu, Shin Tson ^d   Bjarklev, Anders ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b OFS   (Denmark)

^c NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL FILTERS; ENERGY GAP; FILTRATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION NOISE; ERROR FREE TRANSMISSION; GAIN EQUALIZATION; LOW INSERTION LOSS; MULTICHANNEL SYSTEM; OPTICAL SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; TUNABLE FILTERS;

PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS;

EID: 56749149577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.020067     Document Type: Article

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