RF gain instability in photonic links due to bias drift in Ti:LiNbO3 Mach-Zehnder modulators

OFC/IOOC 1999 - Optical Fiber Communication Conference and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication

Volumn 2, Issue , 1999, Pages 328-330

  Ward, A ^a   Nichols, L T ^a   Esman, R D ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FIBERS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MODULATORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; LOCAL OSCILLATOR FREQUENCIES; MACH ZEHNDER MODULATOR; MICROWAVE RECEIVER; PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS; SYSTEM COMPONENTS; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; ULTRAWIDE BANDWIDTH;

OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION;

EID: 49149087305     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OFC.1999.766429     Document Type: Conference Paper

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