Recent Developments in High-Speed Optical Modulators

Optical Fiber Telecommunications V1A

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 183-220

  Thylén, Lars ^a   Westergren, Urban ^a   Holmström, Petter ^a   Schatz, Richard ^a   Jänes, Peter ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Proximion Fiber Systems AB   (Sweden)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374171-4.00007-1     Document Type: Chapter

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