Title :
Performance comparison of two analog photonic links employing a pair of directly modulated lasers and a balanced photodetector
Author :
Marpaung, David ; Roeloffzen, Chris ; Van Etten, Wim
Author_Institution :
Telecommun. Eng. group, Univ. of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
Abstract :
We compare the effects of low biasing and push-pull modulation on the spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) of an analog photonic link (APL) architecture employing a pair of directly-modulated laser diodes and a balanced photodetector.
Keywords :
integrated optics; microwave photonics; photodetectors; semiconductor lasers; analog photonic links; balanced photodetector; lasers diodes; push-pull modulation; spurious-free dynamic range; Dynamic range; Laser noise; Noise reduction; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Photodetectors; RF signals; Semiconductor device noise;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343125
