Towards a practical implementation of coherent WDM: Analytical, numerical, and experimental studies

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 833-847

  Ibrahim, S K ^a   Zhao, J ^a   Garcia Gunning, F C ^a   Frascella, P ^a   Peters, F H ^a   Ellis, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Optical fiber communication; optical modulation; phase modulation

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE SHIFT KEYING; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HIGH CAPACITY; MODULATION SCHEMES; MULTI CARRIER SYSTEMS; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL MODULATION; OPTICAL NETWORKS; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; RELATIVE PHASIS; SIMULATION RESULT; SUB-CARRIERS; SUBCARRIER;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; PHASE SHIFT KEYING;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 77956916421     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2010.2071859     Document Type: Article

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