• 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