Measurement of chirp parameters and halfwave voltages of Mach-Zehnder-type optical modulators by using a small signal operation

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 682-684

  Oikawa, Satoshi ^a   Kawanishi, Tetsuya ^b   Izutsu, Masayuki ^b  

^a SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO LTD   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chirp parameter; Halfwave voltage; Mach Zehnder (MZ) structure; Optical harmonics; Optical modulator

Indexed keywords

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; CALCULATIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LITHIUM NIOBATE; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

CHIRP PARAMETER; HALFWAY VOLTAGES; MACH-ZEHNDER WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE; OPTICAL HARMONICS; OPTICAL SPECTRUM ANALYZER;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0037515618     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.809944     Document Type: Article

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