Reliability of lithium niobate Mach Zehnder modulators for digital optical fiber telecommunication systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 10295, Issue , 1999, Pages 197-230

  Maack, David R ^a  

^a JDS Uniphase Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Drift; DWDM; External modulation; Fiber optics; Integrated optical circuits; Lithium niobate; Mach Zehnder interferometers; Reliability

Indexed keywords

DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT; LIGHT MODULATION; LITHIUM; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; MODULATORS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PHOTONIC INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY; RELIABILITY; TESTING;

ACOUSTO OPTIC DEVICES; DRIFT; EXTERNAL MODULATION; INTEGRATED OPTICAL CIRCUIT; INTEGRATED PHOTONIC DEVICES; LITHIUM NIOBATE; MACH ZEHNDER MODULATOR; OPTICAL FIBER TELECOMMUNICATION;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 84988787765     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.361074     Document Type: Conference Paper

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