DocumentCode
1465512
Title
Versatile waveform generation using single-stage dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator
Author
Dai, Bang-Yun ; Gao, Zhen ; Wang, Xiongfei ; Kataoka, Nobuyuki ; Wada, N.
Author_Institution
Joint Res. Inst. for Integrated Syst., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
Volume
47
Issue
5
fYear
2011
Firstpage
336
Lastpage
338
Abstract
The generation of 10 GHz triangular, sawtooth, flat-top, sinusoidal and doublet waveforms based on the generation and manipulation of the frequency comb from a continuous-wave laser source by a single-stage dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator is experimentally demonstrated.
Keywords
optical modulation; waveform generators; continuous-wave laser source; doublet waveform generation; flat-top waveforms; frequency comb manipulation; sawtooth waveforms; single-stage dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator; sinusoidal waveforms; triangular waveform; versatile waveform generation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el.2011.0203
Filename
5724154
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