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14 Gbit/sec optical signal encoding for lambda = 1.32 micron with double pulse drive of a Ti:LiNb03 waveguide modulator.

01 January 1984

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Optical pulses with time separation corresponding to bit rates of ~14 Gigabit/sec (NRZ) have been produced at lambda = 1.32 micron with a Ti:LiNb03 broadband traveling-wave directional coupler modulator driven by closely spaced, narrow electrical drive pulses. Resolvable optical pulses with as little as 100 psec separation have been generated.