• 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