Multiquantum well electroabsorption modulators for 80 Gbit/s OTDM systems
Multiquantum well electroabsorption modulators for 80 Gbit/s OTDM systems
- Author(s): D.G. Moodie ; A.D. Ellis ; A.R. Thurlow ; M.J. Harlow ; I.F. Lealman ; S.D. Perrin ; L.J. Rivers ; M.J. Robertson
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19950892
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- Author(s): D.G. Moodie 1 ; A.D. Ellis 1 ; A.R. Thurlow 1 ; M.J. Harlow 1 ; I.F. Lealman 1 ; S.D. Perrin 1 ; L.J. Rivers 1 ; M.J. Robertson 1
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1: BT Laboratories, Ipswich, United Kingdom
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1: BT Laboratories, Ipswich, United Kingdom
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Volume 31, Issue 16,
3 August 1995,
p.
1370 – 1371
DOI: 10.1049/el:19950892 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
A fully packaged electroabsorption modulator is used to generate transform limited 4.1 ps pulses at a 20 GHz repetition rate. The feasibility of using this component for short pulse generation and demultiplexing in a four channel 80 Gbit/s OTDM system is discussed.
Inspec keywords: optical fibre communication; demultiplexing; electro-optical modulation; digital communication; photonic switching systems; pulse generators; semiconductor quantum wells; time division multiplexing; optical links; electroabsorption
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Subjects: Fibre optics; Pulse generators; Photonic switching systems; Optical communication; Electro-optical devices
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