Wide-band electrooptic intensity modulator frequency response measurement using an optical heterodyne down-conversion technique

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 240-246

  Lam, Alfred K M ^a,b   Fairburn, Mark ^a,c   Jaeger, Nicolas A F ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Tantalus Systems Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrooptic modulators; Frequency response; Harmonic rejection; Optical communications; Optical down conversion; Optical heterodyning

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC REJECTION; OPTICAL DOWN-CONVERSION; OPTICAL HETERODYNING;

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; MODULATORS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PHOTODIODES;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

EID: 31044453815     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.860303     Document Type: Conference Paper

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