Title :
High extinction ratio optical modulator using active intensity trimmers
Author :
Kawanishi, Tetsuya ; Sakamoto, Takahide ; Tsuchiya, Masahiro ; Izutsu, Masayuki
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Koganei, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrated high extinction ratio optical intensity switching by an integrated Mach-Zehnder LiNbO3 modulator, where each arm has a small Mach-Zehnder interferometer for compensation of amplitude mismatching in the arms. The extinction ratio was 50 dB.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; extinction coefficients; intensity modulation; optical modulation; optical switches; LiNbO3; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; active intensity trimmer; amplitude mismatching; extinction ratio; integrated Mach-Zehnder lithium niobate modulator; optical intensity switching; optical modulator;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1