Measurement of chirp parameters and halfwave voltages of Mach-Zehnder-type optical modulators by using a small signal operation

Satoshi Oikawa; Tetsuya Kawanishi; Masayuki Izutsu

doi:10.1109/LPT.2003.809944

Measurement of chirp parameters and halfwave voltages of Mach-Zehnder-type optical modulators by using a small signal operation

Satoshi Oikawa^*, Tetsuya Kawanishi, Masayuki Izutsu

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A method is described for measuring the chirp parameters and the halfwave voltages of Mach-Zehnder-type optical modulators. These parameters can be obtained from the optical spectrum components by using a small signal operation, while the conventional method needs large voltages. We demonstrated the measurement of the frequency responses up to 40 GHz.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	682-684
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume	15
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2003.809944
Publication status	Published - 2003 May
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Chirp parameter
Halfwave voltage
Mach-Zehnder (MZ) structure
Optical harmonics
Optical modulator

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Measurement of chirp parameters and halfwave voltages of Mach-Zehnder-type optical modulators by using a small signal operation

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