Non-Return-to-Zero to Return-to-Zero Format Converter for Quaternary Amplitude Shift Keying Signal Based on Cascaded Modulators

Yu Wenke; Lou Caiyun; Zhao Xiaofan; Lu Dan; Chen Jianhua

doi:10.3788/aos201131.0206002

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