• DocumentCode
    1042582
  • Title

    Technique for measuring the optical phase transfer function

  • Author

    Krause, D.J. ; Cartledge, J.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Queen´´s Univ., Kingston, Ont., Canada
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    1915
  • Lastpage
    1917
  • Abstract
    A technique for directly measuring the optical phase transfer function of optoelectronic devices is presented. The change in the phase of an optical signal is obtained as a function of a time-varying electrical stimulus for electrical-optical devices, or optical stimulus for optical-optical devices. The technique is demonstrated by considering the phase of the output signal from an electroabsorption modulator as a function of the applied voltage.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical transfer function; optical variables measurement; optoelectronic devices; electrical stimulus; electro-optical devices; electroabsorption modulator; optical phase transfer function measurement; optical stimulus; optical-optical devices; optoelectronic devices; Chirp modulation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Phase measurement; Phase modulation; Transfer functions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2004.830518
  • Filename
    1316966