DocumentCode :
450247
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
Volume :
4
fYear :
2005
fDate :
25-29 Sept. 2005
Firstpage :
841
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;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
iet
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
ISSN :
0537-9989
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
Type :
conf
Filename :
1584224
Link To Document :
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