• DocumentCode
    2432355
  • Title

    Active control of an optical 90° hybrid for coherent detection

  • Author

    Harston, G. ; Cho, P.S. ; Greenblatt, A.S. ; Kaplan, A. ; Achiam, Y. ; Shpantzer, I.

  • Author_Institution
    CeLight, Inc., Silver Spring, MD
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    21-23 July 2008
  • Firstpage
    97
  • Lastpage
    98
  • Abstract
    An algorithm to control the biasing of a lithium niobate optical 90deg hybrid for coherent detection was embodied in hardware. The control was able to provide optimal biasing with either homodyne or differential detection.
  • Keywords
    differential detection; homodyne detection; lithium compounds; optical control; optical signal detection; active control; coherent detection; differential detection; homodyne detection; lithium niobate optical 90deg hybrid; optimal biasing; Communication system control; Couplers; Hardware; Lithium niobate; Optical control; Optical devices; Optical receivers; Phase shifters; Quadrature phase shift keying; Voltage control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2008 Digest of the
  • Conference_Location
    Acapulco
  • ISSN
    1099-4742
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1925-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1099-4742
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSST.2008.4590507
  • Filename
    4590507