• DocumentCode
    1677565
  • 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
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2007.4348444
  • Filename
    4348444