Chirp characteristics of dual-drive mach-zehnder modulator with a finite DC extinction ratio

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 298-300

  Kim, Hoon ^a,b   Gnauck, Alan H ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chirp modulation; Extinction ratio; Mach Zehnder modulator; Optical propagation in dispersive media

Indexed keywords

CHIRP MODULATION;

BANDWIDTH; DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0036504127     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.986792     Document Type: Article

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5. Frequency chirping in external modulators
6. Simple measurement of fiber dispersion and of chirp parameter of intensity modulated light emitter