Quantum-dash mode-locked laser as a source for 56-Gb/s DQPSK modulation in WDM multicast applications

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 453-455

  Ben M'Sallem, Yousra ^a   Le, Quang Trung ^b   Bramerie, Laurent ^b   Nguyen, Quoc Thai ^b   Borgne, Eric ^b   Besnard, Pascal ^b   Shen, Alexandre ^c   Lelarge, Franois ^c   Larochelle, Sophie ^a   Rusch, Leslie A ^a   Simon, Jean Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^c ALCATEL THALES III V LAB   (France)

Author keywords

Differential quaternary phase shift keying (DQPSK) modulation; mode locked lasers; optical networks; quantum dash (QD) laser

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL QUATERNARY PHASE-SHIFT KEYING (DQPSK) MODULATION; ERROR FREE OPERATIONS; MODE-LOCKED LASER; MODE-LOCKED LASERS; MULTICAST APPLICATION; MULTIPLE ACCESS; OPTICAL NETWORKS; QUANTUM DASHES; QUANTUM-DASH (QD) LASER; RELATIVE INTENSITY NOISE; WAVELENGTH TUNABLE; WDM CHANNELS;

BIT ERROR RATE; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LASERS; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; MODULATION; PHASE SHIFT;

QUANTUM DASH LASERS;

EID: 79952932374     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2106116     Document Type: Article

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