• DocumentCode
    888289
  • Title

    Chirp measurement and transmission experiment at 10 Gbit/s with Wannier-Stark modulator

  • Author

    Devaux, F. ; Sorel, Yves ; Kerdiles, J.F.

  • Author_Institution
    France Telecom, CNET, Bagneux, France
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    4/29/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    814
  • Lastpage
    816
  • Abstract
    The chirp parameter alpha of an electroabsorption Wannier-Stark modulator is measured for the first time, with a new, simple and accurate method. It varies widely from positive to negative values with applied bias. It is shown that a newly-introduced effective chirp parameter is zero as confirmed in a transmission experiment at 10 Gbit/s in a standard fibre.
  • Keywords
    digital communication systems; electro-optical devices; electroabsorption; frequency modulation; optical communication equipment; optical links; optical modulation; 10 Gbit/s; Wannier-Stark modulator; chirp measurement; chirp parameter; electroabsorption; transmission experiment;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19930544
  • Filename
    211287