• DocumentCode
    2703847
  • 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
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    121
  • Lastpage
    124
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Photonics, 2000. MWP 2000. International Topical Meeting on
  • Conference_Location
    Oxford
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6455-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWP.2000.889802
  • Filename
    889802
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2703847