Title :
Generation of Nyquist pulses using a dual parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator
Author :
Jizhao Zang ; Jian Wu ; Yan Li ; Xinhui Nie ; Jifang Qiu ; Jintong Lin
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Inf. Photonics & Opt. Commun., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing, China
Abstract :
We demonstrated the generation of Nyquist pulses using a dual parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator. 10 GHz to 40 GHz Nyquist pulses with timing-jitter below 258 fs and signal-to-noise ratio more than 30 dB are experimentally generated.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; timing jitter; Nyquist pulse generation; dual parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator; frequency 10 GHz to 40 GHz; signal-to-noise ratio; timing jitter; Modulation; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Radio frequency; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
