• DocumentCode
    2054702
  • Title

    Direct measurement of amplitude and phase temporal responses of ultrahigh-speed optical modulators

  • Author

    Park, Yongwoo ; Ahn, Tae-Jung ; Azaña, José

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. Nat. de la Rech. Sci. - Energie, Mater. et Telecommun., Varennes, QC
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    21-25 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a direct measurement of the complex ultra-fast temporal response of optical modulators (with a bandwidth ~40 GHz in the reported example) enabling real-time characterization of instantaneous frequency chirp.
  • Keywords
    optical communication; optical modulation; complex ultra-fast temporal response; instantaneous frequency chirp; phase temporal responses; ultrahigh-speed optical modulators; Amplitude modulation; Bandwidth; Chirp modulation; Electrooptic modulators; High speed optical techniques; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Phase measurement; Phase modulation; Pulse modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Brussels
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2227-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2228-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729242
  • Filename
    4729242