A Versatile Bias Control Technique for Any-Point Locking in Lithium Niobate Mach-Zehnder Modulators

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1703-1706

  Wang, Li L ^a   Kowalcyzk, Tony ^a  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE SYSTEMS COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedback circuits; microwave photonics; modulation; optical communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008058259     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: 15582213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2048553     Document Type: Article

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