• DocumentCode
    733938
  • Title

    Linearity measurement of a silicon single-drive push-pull Mach-Zehnder modulator

  • Author

    Yanyang Zhou ; Linjie Zhou ; Feiran Su ; Jingya Xie ; Haike Zhu ; Xinwan Li ; Jianping Chen

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We investigate the linearity of a silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator with single-drive push-pull configuration. The spurious free dynamic range for second harmonic distortion (SFDRSHD) is 86 dB·Hz1/2 with 4 dB improvement over previous best result.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical modulation; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical distortion; optical harmonic generation; optical variables measurement; silicon; SFDRSHD; Si; linearity measurement; second harmonic distortion; silicon single-drive push-pull Mach-Zehnder modulator; spurious free dynamic range; Dynamic range; Linearity; Optical modulation; Radio frequency; Silicon; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7184382