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This chapter deals with the devices which act as intensity modulators at high modulation speed. Interest in coherent systems has subsided, so frequency and phase modulators are not treated here. Nevertheless, most issues relating to modulator technology are common to intensity as well as coherent modulators.
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Sabella, R., Lugli, P. (1999). Optical Modulators. In: High Speed Optical Communications. Telecommunication Technology and Applications Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5275-8_3
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