• DocumentCode
    3193389
  • Title

    RF gain and IMD Characteristics of Electroabsorption Modulator for Analog Applications

  • Author

    Chung, Yong-Duck ; Kang, Young-Shik ; Choi, Kwang-Seong ; Kim, Sung-Bock ; Kim, Jeha

  • Author_Institution
    Basic Research Laboratory, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, 161 Gajeong-dong Yuseong-gu Daejeon, 305-700, Korea
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    12-14 Oct. 2005
  • Firstpage
    153
  • Lastpage
    156
  • Abstract
    We designed and fabricated traveling-wave electroabsorption modules for RF/optic conversion. The RF gain was measured with simple RF/optic link. It was related with optical transfer curve. The input optical power caused the change of transfer curve so that the RF gain varied accordingly. RF/optic conversion gain showed a close relationship with the slope efficiency of transfer curve. Linearity was also one of the important characteristics for analog applications. We could evaluate linearity of module from IMD3.
  • Keywords
    E/O response; IMD3; analog application; modulator; transfer curve; Bandwidth; Chirp modulation; Digital modulation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Linearity; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Radio frequency; E/O response; IMD3; analog application; modulator; transfer curve;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Photonics, 2005. MWP 2005. International Topical Meeting on
  • Print_ISBN
    89-950043-3-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWP.2005.203562
  • Filename
    1590290