Modulation characteristics of semiconductor Mach-Zehnder optical modulators

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 697-702

  Lawetz, Chris ^a,b   Cartledge, John C ^a,c   Rolland, C ^b   Yu, J ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

^c IEEE

Author keywords

Mach Zehnder modulator; Modulator chip; Semiconductor optical modulator

Indexed keywords

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE SHIFT;

SEMICONDUCTOR MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATORS; SPLITTING RATIO;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0031122942     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.566692     Document Type: Article

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