Linearized optical directional-coupler modulator at 1.3 μm

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1244-1249

  Laliew, Chanin ^a   Løvseth, Sigurd Weidemann ^a   Zhang, Xiaobo ^a   Gopinath, Anand ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

OPTICAL DIRECTIONAL-COUPLER MODULATOR; SPATIALLY VARYING COUPLING FUNCTION;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0034268703     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.871701     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. L. M. Johnson and H. V. Roussell, "Reduction of intermodulation distortion in interferometric optical modulators," Opt. Lett., vol. 13, no. 10, pp. 928-930, Oct. 1988.
2. A. Djupsjobacka, "A linearization concept for integrated-optic modulators," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 9, pp. 869-879, Aug. 1992.
3. M. L. Farwell, Z.-Q. Lin, E. Wooten, and W. S. C. Chang, "An electrooptic intensity modulator with improved linearity," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 3, pp. 792-795, Sept. 1991.
4. P.-L. Liu, B. J. Li, and Y. S. Trisno, "In search of a linear electrooptic amplitude modulator," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 3, pp. 144-146, Feb. 1991.
5. H. Skeie and R. V. Johnson, "Linearization of electrooptic modulators by a cascade coupling of phase modulating electrodes," Integrated Optical Circuits, vol. SPIE-1583, pp. 153-164, 1991.
6. W. K. Burns, "Linearized optical modulator with fifth order correction," J. Lightwave Technol., vol. 13, pp. 1724-1727, Aug. 1995.
7. S. E. Miller, "Coupled wave theory and waveguide applications," Bell Syst. Tech. J., vol. 33, pp. 661-719, 1954.
8. H. Kogelnik and R. Schmidt, "Switched directional couplers with alternating Δβ," IEEE J. Quantum Electron., vol. QE-12, pp. 396-401, July 1976.
9. R. C. Alferness, "Titanium-diffused lithium niobate waveguide devices," in Guided-Wave Optoelectronics, 2nd ed, T. Tamir, Ed. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1990, pp. 145-206.
10. G.-H. Song and S. Y. Shin, "Design of corrugated waveguide filters by the Gel'fand-Levitan-Marchenko inverse scattering method," J. Opt. Soc. Amer., vol. 2, pp. 1905-1915, Nov. 1985.
11. K. A. Winick, "Design of grating-assisted waveguide couplers with weighted coupling," J. Lightwave. Technol., vol. 9, pp. 1481-1492, Nov. 1991.
12. S. W. Løvseth, C. Laliew, and A. Gopinath, "Synthesis of amplitude response of optical directional coupler modulators," in 1997 IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symp. Dig., vol. III, June 1997, pp. 1717-1720.
13. K. A. Winick, "Design of corrugated waveguide filters by Fourier transform techniques," IEEE J. Quantum Electron., vol. 26, pp. 1918-1929, Nov. 1990.
14. R. C. Alferness and P. S. Cross, "Filter characteristics of codirectionally coupled waveguides with weighted coupling," IEEE J. Quantum Electron., vol. QE-14, pp. 843-847, Nov. 1978.
15. M. G. Cohen and E. I. Gordon, "Acoustic beam probing using optical techniques," Bell Syst. Tech. J., vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 693-721, Apr. 1965.
16. S. W. Løvseth, C. Laliew, and A. Gopinath, "Amplitude response of optical directional coupler modulators by Fourier transform technique," in 8th Eur. Conf. Integrated Optics Proc., Stockholm, Sweden, Apr. 1997, pp. 230-233.
17. E. Gamire, "Semiconductor components for monolithic applications," in Topics in Applied Physics, T. Tamir, Ed. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1979, vol. 7, pp. 244-304.
18. K. L. Johnson, "Nonuniform semi-vectorial finite difference analysis of dielectric waveguide structure," Master's degree thesis, Univ. Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1993.
19. M. H. Khan, "Electrooptic waveguide directional coupler modulator in aluminum arsenide-gallium arsenide," Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1994.
20. H. Nishihara, M. Haruna, and T. Sahara, Optical Integrated Circuits. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1989.
21. K. K. Loi, J. H. Hodiak, X. B. Mei, C. W. Tu, and W. S. C. Chang, "Linearization of 1.3 μm MQW electro-absorption modulators using an all-optical frequency-insensitive technique," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., vol. 10, pp. 964-966, July 1998.