Title :
Effect of pilot tone-based modulator bias control on external modulation link performance
Author :
Ackerman, Edward I. ; Cox, Charles H., III
Author_Institution :
Photonic Syst. Inc., Carlisle, MA, USA
Abstract :
The dynamic range of an external modulation link in which a pilot tone maintains a Mach-Zehnder modulator at quadrature bias is limited to 64/(π mPT)4, where mPT is the modulation depth of the pilot tone
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical modulation; intermodulation distortion; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; IMD; Mach-Zehnder modulator; analog optical link; dynamic range; external modulation link performance; modulation depth; modulator optimum bias point; pilot tone-based modulator bias control; quadrature bias; Dynamic range; Frequency; Optical distortion; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Photodetectors; Power generation; Power harmonic filters; Transfer functions;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2000. MWP 2000. International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Oxford
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6455-4
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2000.889802