DocumentCode
1832044
Title
Mixed-polarization to improve dynamic range of optical single sideband in a Mach-Zehnder modulator
Author
Masella, Biagio ; Hraimel, Bouchaib ; Zhang, Xiupu
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Concordia Univ., Montreal, QC
fYear
2009
fDate
22-26 March 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We investigate spur-free dynamic range improvement of linearized optical single sideband Mach-Zehnder modulator using mixed-polarization. The experimental results agree with the theoretical analysis showing an improvement of more than 7 dB.
Keywords
optical fibre networks; optical modulation; Mach-Zehnder modulator; linearized optical single sideband; mixed-polarization; spur-free dynamic range improvement; Dynamic range; Fiber nonlinear optics; Linearization techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Radio frequency; (060.2330); (060.5625);
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-865-0
Type
conf
Filename
5032940
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