A broadband linearized coherent analog fiber-optic link employing dual parallel Mach-Zehnder modulators

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 1627-1629

  Zhu, Guanghao ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Fetterman, Harold R ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog optical link; Coherent detection; Intermodulation distortion; Linearized modulator; Suppressed carrier

Indexed keywords

ANALOG FIBER-OPTIC LINK; ANALOG OPTICAL LINK; BROADBAND OPERATION; COHERENT DETECTION; DOUBLE SIDEBAND SUPPRESSED CARRIERS; LINEARIZATION SCHEMES; LINEARIZED MODULATOR; LOSSLESS; MACH ZEHNDER MODULATOR; OPTICAL POWER; OPTICAL TRANSMITTERS; OPTIMIZATION CONDITIONS; SPURIOUS-FREE DYNAMIC RANGE; SUPPRESSED CARRIER; TRANSMITTER LASERS;

DISTORTION (WAVES); FIBER OPTICS; INTERMODULATION DISTORTION; INTERMODULATION MEASUREMENT; LINEARIZATION; MODULATION; OPTICAL LINKS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TRANSMITTERS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 70350413630     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2031166     Document Type: Article

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