Driving requirements for wavelength shifting in colorless ONU with dual-arm modulator

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 3912-3918

  Omella, Mireia ^a   Lazaro, José Antoio ^a   Polo, Victor ^a   Prat, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrooptic modulation; Frequency conversion; Optical fiber communication; Rayleigh scattering

Indexed keywords

DOWN-STREAM; ELECTROOPTIC MODULATION; FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL NETWORK UNITS; PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK; RAYLEIGH BACKSCATTERING; SENSITIVITY IMPROVEMENTS; SUBOPTIMAL SOLUTION; WAVELENGTH SHIFTING;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MODULATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PASSIVE NETWORKS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SCATTERING;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 69249196063     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2009.2020920     Document Type: Article

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