Title :
Spurious free frequency doubler using a dual-parallel optical Mach-Zehnder modulator
Author :
Kawanishi, Tetsuya ; Inagaki, Keizo ; Kanno, Atsushi ; Kiuchi, Hitoshi
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Koganei, Japan
Abstract :
We propose a novel photonic-based signal generation technique using a dual parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator. Frequency doubled components without spurious can be generated at a photodetector. This technique is useful for measurement of photodetector nonlinearity.
Keywords :
optical harmonic generation; optical modulation; photodetectors; dual-parallel optical Mach-Zehnder modulator; photodetector nonlinearity; photonic-based signal generation; spurious free frequency doubler;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698823
