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
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2011.0203
