Title :
Bit-Error-Rate Monitoring for Active Wavelength Control of Resonant Modulators
Author :
Zortman, W.A. ; Lentine, Anthony L. ; Trotter, Douglas C. ; Watts, Michael R.
Abstract :
A new method uses bit-error-rate measurements to acquire and stabilize the wavelength of an optical resonant modulator to an optical carrier wave. This is attractive because it uses the pertinent metric, bit error rate, to optimize the modulator resonance independent of other system variations, meaning it can compensate for system aging and drift even in the heater element itself.
Keywords :
error statistics; optical communication equipment; optical control; optical modulation; active wavelength control; bit-error-rate monitoring; modulator resonance; optical carrier wave; optical resonant modulator; High performance computing; Logic gates; Modulation; Optical interconnections; Optical resonators; Receivers; Resonant frequency; Resonators; high-performance computing; optical interconnections; optical resonators;
Journal_Title :
Micro, IEEE
