Broadband linearized silicon modulator

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 4485-4500

  Khilo, Anatol ^a   Sorace, Cheryl M ^a   Kärtner, Franz X ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIODES; LINEARIZATION; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

ANALOG PHOTONICS; DIFFERENTIAL DETECTION; M-Z INTERFEROMETER; MACH ZEHNDER MODULATOR; MZ MODULATOR; NON-LINEARITY; RF BANDWIDTHS; SILICON DIODES; SILICON MODULATORS; WIDE-BAND;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELECOMMUNICATION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; REFRACTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTORS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 79952173872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.004485     Document Type: Article

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