• 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