Title :
Digitally Tunable Optical Frequency Converter based on Optical SSB Modulators and Mach-Zehnder Interferometers
Author :
Iwashita, Katsushi ; Nakajima, Kimiaki
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Photonic Syst. Eng., Kochi Univ. of Technol., Kami
Abstract :
A digitally tunable optical frequency converter using optical SSB modulators and Mach-Zehnder interferometers has been proposed. The optical frequency up-conversion and down-conversion of this converter is controlled by varying the bias voltage of the modulator.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical frequency conversion; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; digitally tunable optical frequency converter; modulator bias voltage; optical SSB modulators; optical frequency up-conversion; optical requency down-conversion; Amplitude modulation; Digital modulation; Digital-to-frequency converters; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical network units;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348444
