Increased Linear Dynamic Range by Low Biasing the Mach-Zehnder Modulator

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 1993, Pages 779-782

  Huber, David R ^b   Chang, William S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HydraLite Optical Communications Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL DEVICES;

LASER NOISE LIMIT; MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATORS; OPTICAL BIAS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0027624346     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.229804     Document Type: Article

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