• DocumentCode
    1145621
  • Title

    Bandwidth of linearized ring resonator assisted Mach-Zehnder modulator

  • Author

    Tazawa, Hidehisa ; Steier, William H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng.-Electrophys., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    1851
  • Lastpage
    1853
  • Abstract
    The intermodulation-free dynamic range and the modulation frequency properties of the linearized ring resonator assisted Mach-Zehnder electrooptic modulators are analyzed. The linearization bandwidth of the modulators is limited by the resonant nature of a ring resonator.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical modulation; frequency modulation; optical resonators; Mach-Zehnder electrooptic modulator; intermodulation-free dynamic range; linearized ring resonator; modulation frequency; Bandwidth; Chirp modulation; Dynamic range; Electrooptic modulators; Frequency modulation; Optical noise; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Transfer functions; Voltage; Bandwidth; electrooptic; linearized; modulators; ring resonators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2005.853522
  • Filename
    1498880