Title :
Quadrature-mixer based receiver for improved measurement of the optical phase transfer function
Author :
Krause, David J. ; Cartledge, John C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Queen´´s Univ., Kingston, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
An RF quadrature-mixer based receiver is used to increase the bandwidth of the stimulus in measuring the optical phase transfer function. The technique is demonstrated for stimuli in the range of 1 kHz to 10 MHz.
Keywords :
optical receivers; optical transfer function; optical variables measurement; phase measurement; 1 kHz to 10 MHz; DUT stimuli frequency range; RF quadrature-mixer based receiver; optical phase transfer function measurement; phase measurement; stimulus bandwidth increase; Frequency measurement; Optical devices; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Phase measurement; Phase modulation; Stimulated emission; Testing; Transfer functions;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192942
