• DocumentCode
    2864566
  • Title

    Large signal modulation and distortion in a microwave phase shifter based on slow light in a semiconductor waveguide

  • Author

    Chen, Yaohui ; Öhman, Filip ; Mork, Jesper

  • Author_Institution
    COM.DTU Dept. of Commun., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We model slow-light propagation in an active semiconductor waveguide in the large modulation depth regime. Distortion from higher harmonics is countered by filtering and the regenerating properties of the device further increase the modulation depth.
  • Keywords
    light propagation; microwave phase shifters; optical phase shifters; optical waveguides; active semiconductor waveguide; microwave phase shifter; signal distortion; signal modulation; slow-light propagation; Harmonic distortion; Microwave devices; Microwave propagation; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Phase distortion; Phase modulation; Phase shifters; Semiconductor waveguides; Slow light; (070.6020) Signal processing; (230.4320) Nonlinear optical devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627829
  • Filename
    4627829