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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729242
