Title :
Demonstration of Vpi Reduction in Electrooptic Modulators Using Modulation Instability
Author :
Borlaug, David ; DeVore, Peter T. S. ; Jalali, Bahram
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We show a 10 fold reduction in an electro optic modulator´s half-wave voltage by employing modulation instability. Experimental results are reported up to 50 GHz.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; 10-fold reduction; Vpi reduction; electrooptic modulator half-wave voltage; electrooptic modulators; frequency 50 GHz; modulation instability; Amplitude modulation; Electrooptic modulators; Frequency modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Radio frequency; fiber optics communication; half-wave voltage; modulation; nonlinear optics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2766-1
DOI :
10.1109/SUM.2014.74
