Suppression of coherent interference effect in an optical delay line signal processor using a single tone phase modulation technique

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 215-217

  Chan, Erwin Hoi Wing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microwave filters; Optical delay lines; Optical signal processing; Phase modulation

Indexed keywords

BEAMFORMING; CRYSTAL FILTERS; ELECTRIC DELAY LINES; ELECTRIC FILTERS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE FILTERS; MICROWAVES; MODULATION; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; PHASE MODULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVES;

BASE BANDS; COHERENT INTERFERENCES; DELAY LINES; HIGH FREQUENCIES; LINK CONFIGURATIONS; MODULATION TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL CARRIERS; OPTICAL DELAY LINES; OPTICAL SOURCES; PHASE-INDUCED INTENSITY NOISE; ROBUST OPERATIONS; SIGNAL PROCESSORS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 60149101074     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.2010059     Document Type: Article

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