• DocumentCode
    387353
  • Title

    A novel technique for wavelength independent bias of Mach-Zehnder modulators

  • Author

    Dubovitsky, S. ; Steier, W.H. ; Kuo, Y.-H. ; Yegnanarayanan, S. ; Jalali, B.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    5-8 Nov. 2002
  • Firstpage
    57
  • Lastpage
    60
  • Abstract
    A novel wavelength insensitive biasing technique is proposed. The technique significantly reduces the second order distortion and increases the optical bandwidth of Mach-Zehnder modulators.
  • Keywords
    optical distortion; optical modulation; Mach-Zehnder modulators; WIB; multi-wavelength systems; optical bandwidth increase; pathlength imbalance trimming; post fabrication trimming; second-order distortion suppression; wavelength independent bias; wavelength insensitive biasing; Optical modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Photonics, 2002. International Topical Meeting on
  • Print_ISBN
    4-88552-187-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWP.2002.1158859
  • Filename
    1158859