• DocumentCode
    1268770
  • Title

    Nonlinear Distortions in EO Phase Modulators

  • Author

    Tavlykaev, Robert ; Wiberg, Andreas O J ; Gopalakrishnan, Ganesh K. ; Radic, Stojan

  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    19
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1778
  • Lastpage
    1780
  • Abstract
    Nonlinear distortions induced by a voltage-dependent guided-mode field in electro-optical phase modulators are measured and quantified for the first time. Such distortions are shown to impact analog link performance under large-signal modulation.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical modulation; nonlinear distortion; phase modulation; EO phase modulators; analog link performance; electro-optical phase modulators; large-signal modulation; nonlinear distortions; voltage-dependent guided-mode field; Nonlinear distortion; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical modulation; Phase distortion; Phase modulation; Nonlinear distortions; optical phase modulation; parasitic intensity modulation (PIM);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2012.2214437
  • Filename
    6276238