Measurement of the chirp parameter of electro-optic modulators by comparison of the phase between two sidebands

Optics Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1114-1116

  Yan, Lian Shan ^a   Yu, Quin ^a   Willner, Alan E ^a   Shi, Yongquiang ^b  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b General Photonics Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CHIRP PARAMETERS;

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0037663338     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.28.001114     Document Type: Article

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