Distortion comparison of single-sideband coherent analog optical links employing X-cut and Z-cut Mach-Zehnder modulators

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 1548-1550

  Zhu, Guanghao ^a   Bortnik, Bart ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Fetterman, Harold R ^a   Forber, Richard ^b   Wang, Wen C ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b IPITEK   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherent optical link; Electrooptic modulation; Intermodulation distortion; Suppressed carrier

Indexed keywords

COHERENT ANALOG OPTICAL LINKS; COHERENT OPTICAL LINK; ELECTROOPTIC MODULATION; MACH-ZEHNDER INTENSITIES; MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATORS; NARROW BANDS; OPERATING CONDITIONS; OPTICAL BAND-PASS FILTERS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SPURIOUS-FREE DYNAMIC RANGES; SUPPRESSED CARRIER;

BANDPASS FILTERS; DISTORTION (WAVES); INTERMODULATION DISTORTION; INTERMODULATION MEASUREMENT; MODULATION; OPTICAL LINKS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 65349102443     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.927911     Document Type: Article

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