DocumentCode
1164369
Title
Evaluation of the chirp parameter of a Mach-Zehnder intensity modulator
Author
Schiess, M. ; Carlden, H.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron., R. Inst. of Technol., Kista
Volume
30
Issue
18
fYear
1994
fDate
9/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1524
Lastpage
1525
Abstract
A simple and accurate technique for evaluating the chirp factor of Mach-Zehnder modulators is presented. The method is based on the dependence of the α parameter of the modulators on the applied bias voltage. It is shown that experimental results and theory are in very good agreement
Keywords
light interferometers; optical modulation; α parameter; Mach-Zehnder intensity modulator; applied bias voltage; chirp factor; chirp parameter;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19941005
Filename
317054
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