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
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;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2008 Digest of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1925-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1099-4742
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2008.4590507
