Dynamic linewidth measurement technique using digital intradyne coherent receivers

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 26, 2011, Pages

  Maher, Robert ^a   Thomsen, Benn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; LASERS; LINEWIDTH; PHASE NOISE; STABILIZATION;

COHERENT RECEIVERS; DYNAMIC STABILIZATION; EXTERNAL CAVITY LASERS; FAST SWITCHING; FREQUENCY ESTIMATORS; INSTANTANEOUS FREQUENCY; LASER LINE-WIDTH; LASER PHASE NOISE; LASER STABILIZATION; LINEWIDTH MEASUREMENTS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; NOISE CHARACTERISTIC; NOISE CONTRIBUTIONS; TIME DOMAIN; WAVELENGTH-SWITCHING; WDM SYSTEMS;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 83455249959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.00B313     Document Type: Article

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