High extinction-ratio integrated machzehnder modulator with active y-branch for optical SSB signal generation

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 941-943

  Ogiso, Yoshihiro ^a   Tsuchiya, Yuta ^a   Shinada, Satoshi ^b   Nakajima, Shinya ^a   Kawanishi, Tetsuya ^b   Nakajima, Hirochika ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Optical modulation; Optical single sideband (SSB) modulation; Optical waveguides; Optoelectronic devices

Indexed keywords

MACH ZEHNDER MODULATOR; OPTICAL AMPLITUDES; OPTICAL INTENSITIES; OPTICAL MODULATION; OPTICAL SINGLE-SIDEBAND (SSB) MODULATION; OPTICAL-SSB; SIGNAL GENERATION; SUPPRESSION RATIOS; Y-BRANCH;

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTONICS; SIGNAL GENERATORS; WAVEGUIDES;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 77953088866     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2047854     Document Type: Article

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