DocumentCode
1771434
Title
Experimental demonstration of Vpi reduction in EO modulators using modulation instability
Author
Borlaug, David ; DeVore, Peter T. S. ; Jalali, Bahram
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
An electrooptic modulator´s half-wave voltage is experimentally lowered by 10-fold for intensity modulated waveforms using modulation instability. Results are reported up to 50 GHz.
Keywords
electro-optical modulation; optical Kerr effect; EO modulators; Kerr nonlinear coefficient; Vpi reduction; electrooptic modulator; half-wave voltage; intensity modulated waveforms; modulation instability; Amplitude modulation; Electrooptic modulators; Frequency modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Radio frequency;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6989431
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