DocumentCode
448101
Title
Optoelectronic oscillator using push-pull Mach-Zehnder modulator biased at point for optical two-tone signal generation
Author
Sakamoto, Takahide ; Kawanishi, Tetsuya ; Izutsu, Masayuki
Author_Institution
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Tokyo, Japan
Volume
2
fYear
2005
fDate
22-27 May 2005
Firstpage
877
Abstract
We propose a novel optoelectronic oscillator (OHO) made of a push-pull Mach-Zehnder modulator biased at point, oscillating at half the frequency of feedback signal. Optical two-tone signal with 10.5-GHz frequency difference is experimentally generated.
Keywords
electro-optical modulation; optical feedback; optical frequency conversion; optoelectronic devices; electro-optic devices; feedback signal frequency; frequency difference generation; optical two-tone signal generation; optoelectronic oscillator; push-pull Mach-Zehnder modulator; Frequency conversion; Optical devices; Optical feedback; Optical frequency conversion; Optical modulation; Oscillators; RF signals; Radio frequency; Signal generators; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN
1-55752-795-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201961
Filename
1573027
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