Ultra-Wideband Waveform Generator Based on Optical Pulse-Shaping and FBG Tuning

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-137

  Abtahi, Mohammad ^a   Mirshafiei, Mehrdad ^a   Magné, Julien ^a   Rusch, Leslie A ^a   LaRochelle, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balanced detection; fiber Bragg grating (FBG); spectral pulse shaping; ultra wideband (UWB)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008053957     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.912523     Document Type: Article

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