PDM-DQPSK silicon receiver with integrated monitor and minimum number of controls

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 697-699

  Doerr, Christopher R ^a   Fontaine, Nicolas K ^a   Buhl, Lawrence L ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; multiple input multiple output systems; optical polarization; phase shift keying; silicon; tracking

Indexed keywords

ANALOG CONTROLS; DIFFERENTIAL QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING (DQPSK); LOWER AVERAGE; MULTIPLE-INPUT/MULTIPLE-OUTPUT SYSTEMS; POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS; POLARIZATION INTERFERENCES; TRACKING SPEED;

INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; POLARIZATION; QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING; SILICON; SURFACE DISCHARGES;

MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 84859727708     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2187048     Document Type: Article

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