536 INDEX
pulse propagation in, 46
reduced-slope, 43
reverse-dispersion, 43, 312
single-mode, 34–37
standard, 280, 288, 296, 312, 433, 435
tellurite, 259
two-mode, 289
wavepropagation in, 28–33
field-effect transistor, 153
modulation-doped, 154
filter
acousto-optic, 258, 343
add–drop, 349
amplifier-based, 344
bandpass, 152, 307, 418, 442, 488,
489, 498
Butterworth, 505
equalizing, 290–293
Fabry–Perot, 291, 311, 339–342, 364,
442, 462
grating, 342
high-pass, 152
in-line, 442
interference, 258
low-pass, 151, 488, 505
Mach–Zehnder, 258, 292, 342, 346,
349
microwave, 286
optical, 270, 290–293, 416, 442
raised-cosine, 151, 210
reflection, 293
sliding-frequency, 442, 462, 465
surface-acoustic-wave, 152
transversal, 288
tunable optical, 339–344, 363
finesse, 341
flame hydrolysis, 69
flip-chip technique, 153, 154
fluorescence time, 227, 255
FM index, 486
forward-error correction, 199, 271, 333, 391
four-wavemixing, 66, 242, 272, 302, 359,
372–374, 445, 457, 463, 503, 507
efficiency of, 359, 373
intrachannel, 310
nondegenerate, 304
Franz–Keldysh effect, 122
free spectral range, 233, 311, 340
free-carrier absorption, 236
frequency chirp, 47, 52, 112, 191, 280, 406,
414, 431
amplifier-induced, 239, 285, 358
fiber-induced, 286
gain-switching-induced, 416
linear, 313
modulation-induced, 201
nonlinear, 314
power penalty due to, 209–213
SPM-induced, 405
XPM-induced, 371
frequency hopping, 390
frequency-division multiplexing,seemulti-
plexing, WDM systems
frequency-shift keying,seemodulation for-
mat
front end, 149
bandwidth of, 149
high-impedance, 149
low-impedance, 150
transimpedance, 150gain
amplifier, 228
APD, 144
Brillouin, 344
parametric, 249
polarization-dependent, 45, 197, 456
Raman, 243
gain bandwidth,seebandwidth
gain coefficient, 93, 227
gain margin, 101, 208
gain nonuniformity, 375
gain saturation, 229, 234, 245, 257, 379
gain spectrum, 252
gain switching, 114, 416
gain–bandwidth product, 146, 147
gain-flattening technique, 249, 258, 375
Gaussian distribution, 36, 494
Gaussian pulse,seepulse
Gaussian random process, 114, 117, 162
Gaussian statistics, 156, 162, 173, 269, 456
ghost pulse, 310
Gordon–Haus jitter,seetiming jitter
graded-index fiber,seefibers
graded-index lens, 345
grating
acoustically induced, 343
apodized, 294, 298
arrayed-waveguide, 316, 347