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The Journal of Lightwave Technology (JLT) contains theoretical and experimental papers on such topics as fiber and cable technologies; active and passive guided wave components such as light sources, detectors, repeater, switches, and fiber sensors; integrated optics and optoelectronics, systems, and sub-systems, networks; and switching. JLT is a joint publishing effort of the IEEE and OSA.

Editor-in-Chief: Connie Chang-Hasnain, University of California Berkeley
ISSN: 0733-8724 (print); 1558-2213 (online)
Frequency: Bi-Monthly issues
2010 ISI Impact Factor: 2.259

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Transmission of Spectral Efficient Super-Channels Using All-Optical OFDM and Digital Coherent Receiver Technologies
A 1.5 Tb/s super-channel is generated using all-optical orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)... Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 29 Issue 24, pp.3838-3844 (2011)

Simultaneous Measurement of the Core Diameter and the Numerical Aperture in Dual-Mode Step-Index Optical Fibers
We present a simple and precise method for the simultaneous measurement of the core diameter and... Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 29 Issue 24, pp.3834-3837 (2011)

A Tone Reservation-Based Optical OFDM System for Short-Range IM/DD Transmission
This paper investigates the use of tone reservation for optical orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing... Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 29 Issue 24, pp.3824-3833 (2011)

Fixed-Current Operation of a VCSEL Transmitter Over a Temperature Range From - 20°C to 80°C Using an Elevated-Oxide-Layer Structure
We have demonstrated fixed-current operation of a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL)... Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 29 Issue 24, pp.3817-3823 (2011)

Chromatic Dispersion in 60 GHz Radio-Over-Fiber Networks Based on Mode-Locked Lasers
Chromatic dispersion is a limiting factor in intensity-modulated radio-over-fiber links with direct... Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 29 Issue 24, pp.3810-3816 (2011)

Lasing Characteristics of VCSELs Subject to Circularly Polarized Optical Injection
This paper reports experimental investigations of the effects of circularly polarized optical injection on... Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 29 Issue 24, pp.3804-3809 (2011)

Geometric Calibration of IR Camera Using Trinocular Vision
A three-dimensional (3-D) thermogram can provide spatial information; however, it is rarely applied because... Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 29 Issue 24, pp.3797-3803 (2011)

A General Scaling Rule for Matched Bend Waveguides
A scaling rule is introduced for reducing the dimensions of a matched waveguide bend without... Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 29 Issue 24, pp.3786-3796 (2011)

Saturation Throughput Performance Analysis of a Medium Transparent MAC Protocol for 60 GHz Radio-Over-Fiber Networks
We demonstrate an analytical model for calculating the saturation throughput performance of a medium... Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 29 Issue 24, pp.3777-3785 (2011)

Interactions of Diffraction Modes Contributed From Surface Photonic Crystals and Nanoholes in a GaN-Based Light-Emitting Diode
Photonic crystals (PhCs) were typically fabricated on the mesa surface of an LED to improve light... Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 29 Issue 24, pp.3772-3776 (2011)

Transfer Matrix and Fourier Transform Methods for Simulation of Second-Order Nonlinear Interactions in a PPLN Waveguide
A new method for the simulation of nonlinear processes of sum-frequency generation (SFG),... Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 29 Issue 24, pp.3764-3771 (2011)

Enhanced Output Power of GaN-Based Resonance Cavity Light-Emitting Diodes With Optimized ITO Design
We fabricated and measured GaN-based resonant cavity light-emitting diodes with a 30 nm thick... Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 29 Issue 24, pp.3757-3763 (2011)

Performance Analysis and Design Optimization of an Intracavity Absorption Gas Sensor Based on Fiber Ring Laser
An intracavity absorption gas sensor based on fiber ring laser using erbium-doped fiber (EDF) as the gain... Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 29 Issue 24, pp.3748-3756 (2011)

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Vol. 29, Iss. 24 — Dec. 15, 2011  pp: 3603–3844

A New Triangulation-Like Technique for the Evaluation of the Refractive Index Structure Constant (C²_n) in Free-Space Optical Links
A light beam propagating through the atmosphere has its amplitude, phase, and propagation... Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 29 Issue 24, pp.3603-3610 (2011)

Directional Force Measurement Using Specialized Single-Mode Polarization-Maintaining Fibers
Two different types of specialist single-mode polarization-maintaining side-hole(s) fibers have been... Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 29 Issue 24, pp.3611-3615 (2011)

Broadband Phase-to-Intensity Modulation Conversion for Microwave Photonics Processing Using Brillouin-Assisted Carrier Phase Shift
We theoretically and experimentally demonstrate a novel broadband phase-to-intensity modulation conversion... Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 29 Issue 24, pp.3616-3621 (2011)

Characterization of the Excess Noise Conversion From Optical Relative Intensity Noise in the Photodetection of Mode-Locked Lasers for Microwave Signal Synthesis
Excess noise converted from the optical relative intensity noise (RIN) has limited the noise performance in... Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 29 Issue 24, pp.3622-3631 (2011)

Rayleigh Noise Reduction in 10-Gb/s Carrier-Distributed WDM-PONs Using In-Band Optical Filtering
To circumvent the challenging issue of Rayleigh noise reduction in wavelength-division-multiplexed passive... Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 29 Issue 24, pp.3632-3639 (2011)

Highly Sensitive Temperature Sensor Using PANDA Fiber Sagnac Interferometer
A Sagnac interferometer based on a short section of PANDA fiber for high sensitivity temperature... Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 29 Issue 24, pp.3640-3644 (2011)

Dual Photonic Generation Ultrawideband Impulse Radio by Frequency Shifting in Remote-Connectivity Fiber
An impulse-radio ultrawideband (UWB) photonic generation technique based on frequency shifting in the remote... Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 29 Issue 24, pp.3645-3653 (2011)

Locating Regions of Polarization Activity in WDM Systems
We propose a method for determining the spatial position of fast polarization changes in a WDM system. In... Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 29 Issue 24, pp.3654-3658 (2011)

Continuous Phase Modulation for Fiber-Optic Links
Advances in photonics, silicon electronics and digital signal processing (DSP) have converged to enable... Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 29 Issue 24, pp.3659-3671 (2011)

Tunable Optical Fiber Filter Based on a Fiber Bragg Grating Loop Mirror
A novel structure and principle of a tunable optical fiber filter is proposed, including a fiber Bragg... Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 29 Issue 24, pp.3672-3675 (2011)

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