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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
