Title :
Optoelectronic oscillator using push-pull Mach-Zehnder modulator biased at point for optical two-tone signal generation
Author :
Sakamoto, Takahide ; Kawanishi, Tetsuya ; Izutsu, Masayuki
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We propose a novel optoelectronic oscillator (OHO) made of a push-pull Mach-Zehnder modulator biased at point, oscillating at half the frequency of feedback signal. Optical two-tone signal with 10.5-GHz frequency difference is experimentally generated.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; optical feedback; optical frequency conversion; optoelectronic devices; electro-optic devices; feedback signal frequency; frequency difference generation; optical two-tone signal generation; optoelectronic oscillator; push-pull Mach-Zehnder modulator; Frequency conversion; Optical devices; Optical feedback; Optical frequency conversion; Optical modulation; Oscillators; RF signals; Radio frequency; Signal generators; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201961
