Nonlinear properties of traveling-wave electroabsorption modulator

Author

Shim, Jongin ; Liu, Bin ; Piprek, Joachim ; Bowers, John E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Kyungki-Do, South Korea

Volume

16

Issue

4

fYear

2004

fDate

4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1035

Lastpage

1037

Abstract

We report the nonlinear properties of traveling-wave electroabsorption modulators experimentally and theoretically. The saturation characteristics of the dc transfer curve give rise to the superlinear, linear, and sublinear properties of output signal levels against the input signal levels. The dynamic behavior of the transmission curves for a wide range of the input radio-frequency signal levels can be described using the dc transfer curve and the fast Fourier transform algorithm.

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; fast Fourier transforms; microwave photonics; optical fibre communication; dc transfer curve; dynamic behavior; fast Fourier transform algorithm; linear properties; nonlinear properties; radio-frequency signal levels; saturation characteristics; sublinear properties; superlinear properties; transmission curves; traveling-wave electroabsorption modulator; Bandwidth; Fast Fourier transforms; Fiber lasers; Optical films; Optical modulation; Power generation; RF signals; Radio frequency; Signal analysis; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.824961

Filename

1281862