Title :
Highly pure 160-GHz two-tone lightwave generation using high extinction-ratio optical intensity modulator and delay interferometer
Author :
Toda, Hiroyuki ; Miyashita, Junichi ; Chiba, Akito ; Sakamoto, Takahide ; Kawanishi, Tetsuya ; Tsuchiya, Masahiro ; Izutsu, Masayuki
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Doshisha Univ., Kyotanabe
Abstract :
We demonstrate highly pure 160-GHz two-tone lightwave generation using a high extinction-ratio optical intensity modulator and a delay interferometer. The undesired sideband suppression ratio was more than 39 dB.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; delays; intensity modulation; nonlinear optics; optical modulation; delay interferometer; extinction ratio; frequency 160 GHz; optical intensity modulator; sideband suppression ratio; two-tone lightwave generation; Clocks; Delay; High speed optical techniques; Intensity modulation; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Radio frequency; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688670
