DocumentCode
2302146
Title
Spurious free frequency doubler using a dual-parallel optical Mach-Zehnder modulator
Author
Kawanishi, Tetsuya ; Inagaki, Keizo ; Kanno, Atsushi ; Kiuchi, Hitoshi
Author_Institution
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Koganei, Japan
fYear
2010
fDate
7-11 Nov. 2010
Firstpage
191
Lastpage
192
Abstract
We propose a novel photonic-based signal generation technique using a dual parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator. Frequency doubled components without spurious can be generated at a photodetector. This technique is useful for measurement of photodetector nonlinearity.
Keywords
optical harmonic generation; optical modulation; photodetectors; dual-parallel optical Mach-Zehnder modulator; photodetector nonlinearity; photonic-based signal generation; spurious free frequency doubler;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location
Denver, CO
ISSN
-
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5368-9
Electronic_ISBN
-
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698823
Filename
5698823
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