• DocumentCode
    450247
  • Title

    High extinction ratio optical modulator using active intensity trimmers

  • Author

    Kawanishi, Tetsuya ; Sakamoto, Takahide ; Tsuchiya, Masahiro ; Izutsu, Masayuki

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Koganei, Japan
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    25-29 Sept. 2005
  • Firstpage
    841
  • Abstract
    We demonstrated high extinction ratio optical intensity switching by an integrated Mach-Zehnder LiNbO3 modulator, where each arm has a small Mach-Zehnder interferometer for compensation of amplitude mismatching in the arms. The extinction ratio was 50 dB.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; extinction coefficients; intensity modulation; optical modulation; optical switches; LiNbO3; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; active intensity trimmer; amplitude mismatching; extinction ratio; integrated Mach-Zehnder lithium niobate modulator; optical intensity switching; optical modulator;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    IET
  • ISSN
    0537-9989
  • Print_ISBN
    0-86341-543-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1584224
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=450247