Title :
Analog performance of an InP Mach-Zehnder modulator integrated with a widely tunable laser
Author :
Johansson, L.A. ; Barton, J.S. ; Coldren, L.A.
Author_Institution :
ECE Dept., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
The performance of an InP Mach-Zehnder modulator integrated with a widely tunable sampled grating DBR laser and a semiconductor amplifier has been characterized for analog applications. Extinction, RIN, bandwidth and SFDR have been measured.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; diffraction gratings; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; indium compounds; integrated optics; laser tuning; optical modulation; optical noise; semiconductor optical amplifiers; InP; InP Mach-Zehnder modulator; RIN; SFDR; extinction; relative intensity noise; sampled grating DBR laser tuning; semiconductor amplifier; spurious-free dynamic range; Chirp modulation; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Indium phosphide; Laser tuning; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2004. MWP'04. 2004 IEEE International Topical Meeting on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8491-1
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2004.1396895
