High extinction ratio mach-zehnder modulator applied to a highly stable optical signal generator

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1964-1971

  Kiuchi, Hitoshi ^b   Kawanishi, Tetsuya ^a,c   Yamada, Masumi ^b   Sakamoto, Takahide ^a,c   Tsuchiya, Masahiro ^a,c   Amagai, Jun ^c   Izutsu, Masayuki ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Allan variance; High frequency signal generator; Lithium niobate Mach Zehnder (MZ) modulator; Phase stability

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT MODULATORS; PHASE STABILITY; POLARIZATION; SIGNAL GENERATORS;

ASTRONOMICAL APPLICATION; LASER SOURCES; MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATOR; OPTICAL PHASE-LOCKED LOOP; OPTICAL REFERENCE SIGNAL GENERATOR; SIGNAL COHERENCE LOSS; SINUSOIDAL MICROWAVE SIGNAL; STANDARD DEVIATION; VIBRATION ROBUSTNESS;

OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 34548528443     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.904070     Document Type: Article

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