Title :
High spurious free dynamic range fibre link using a semiconductor electroabsorption modulator
Author :
Sun, C.K. ; Pappert, S.A. ; Welstand, R.B. ; Zhu, J.T. ; Yu, P.K.L. ; Liu, Y.Z. ; Chen, J.M.
Author_Institution :
RDT&E Div., NCCOSC, San Diego, CA, USA
fDate :
5/25/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A 1.32 μm suboctave analogue fibre optic link with a measured spurious free dynamic range of 123 dBHz4/5 has been demonstrated at an average detector photocurrent of 0.25 mA. This link employs a packaged InGaAsP electroabsorption waveguide modulator biased to suppress the third-order intermodulation distortion
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; intermodulation distortion; optical fibre communication; 0.25 mA; 1.32 micron; InGaAsP; high spurious free dynamic range; intermodulation distortion suppression; optical fibre link; packaged waveguide modulator; semiconductor electroabsorption modulator; suboctave analogue fibre optic link; third-order IMD suppression;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950625