Enhanced linear dynamic range of asymmetric Fabry-Pe´rot modulator/detector

Author

Yu, Yichuan ; Karlsson, S. ; Liu, C.P. ; Schatz, R. ; Westergren, U. ; Kjebon, O. ; Chuang, C.H. ; He, Sailing ; Thylen, L. ; Krysa, A.B. ; Roberts, J.S. ; Seeds, A.J.

Author_Institution

Joint Res. Center of Photonics, Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China

Volume

18

Issue

6

fYear

2006

fDate

3/15/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

770

Lastpage

772

Abstract

An InGaAsP multiple-quantum-well asymmetric Fabry-Pe´rot modulator/detector has been developed for radio-over-fiber systems. The measured bandwidth is more than 6 GHz and the total insertion loss is 7.1 dB. The property of nonlinearity and spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) has been studied theoretically. By optimizing the operation optical wavelength and bias voltage based on the numerical simulation, fifth-order nonlinearity dominates the intermodulation distortion and an SFDR of 101 dB·Hz⁴5/ has been achieved experimentally.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; intermodulation distortion; microwave photonics; optical communication equipment; optical losses; quantum well devices; radio-over-fibre; InGaAsP; InGaAsP multiple-quantum-well; asymmetric Fabry-Perot modulator/detector; insertion loss; intermodulation distortion; linear dynamic range; radio-over-fiber systems; spurious-free dynamic range; Bandwidth; Detectors; Distortion measurement; Dynamic range; Insertion loss; Loss measurement; Optical distortion; Optical losses; Quantum well devices; Wavelength measurement; Analog fiber link; asymmetric Fabry–PÉrot (FP) modulator; dynamic range; electroabsorption modulator (EAM); intermodulation distortion; nonlinearities; radio-over-fiber;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2006.871676

Filename

1599437