Comparison of polarization-switched QPSK and polarization-multiplexed QPSK at 30 Gbit/s

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 7839-7846

  Sjödin, Martin ^a   Johannisson, Pontus ^a   Wymeersch, Henk ^a   Andrekson, Peter A ^a   Karlsson, Magnus ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODULATORS; MULTIPLEXING; POLARIZATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

AMPLITUDE MODULATORS; IQ MODULATOR; MODULATION FORMATS; NONLINEAR TOLERANCE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTICAL DISPERSION COMPENSATION; SINGLE CHANNELS;

QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING;

EID: 79953837847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.007839     Document Type: Article

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