• DocumentCode
    528341
  • Title

    Automatic bias control for arbitrary optical signal generation by dual-parallel MZM

  • Author

    Yoshida, T. ; Sugihara, T. ; Sawada, K. ; Uto, K. ; Shimizu, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Inf. Technol. R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Kamakura, Japan
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5-9 July 2010
  • Firstpage
    460
  • Lastpage
    461
  • Abstract
    We propose a novel automatic bias control (ABC) to generate arbitrary signals with a dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder Modulator. By combining it with modulation index control, the proposed ABC shows stable convergence even when the peak-to-average power ratio varies.
  • Keywords
    optical modulation; optical signal detection; signal generators; Mach-Zehnder modulator; arbitrary optical signal generation; automatic bias control; dual-parallel MZM; modulation index control; Adaptive optics; Convergence; Monitoring; Optical modulation; Peak to average power ratio; Voltage control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2010 15th
  • Conference_Location
    Sapporo
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6785-3
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5588535