MODULATION CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGH-SPEED OPTICAL MODULATORS WITH PROPERLY SPLIT ASYMMETRY INTO THEIR MACH-ZEHNDER ARMS

Authors
NAYYER J NAGATA H SHIMOTSU S OIKAWA S YAMADA M
Citation
J. Nayyer et al., MODULATION CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGH-SPEED OPTICAL MODULATORS WITH PROPERLY SPLIT ASYMMETRY INTO THEIR MACH-ZEHNDER ARMS, Electronics Letters, 31(5), 1995, pp. 387-388
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
31
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
387 - 388
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1995)31:5<387:MCOHOM>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Successful fabrication of high-speed asymmetric lithium niobate modula tors is reported. The frequency chirping and half-wave drive voltage c an be adjusted via the extent of the asymmetry. The degradation of the extinction ratio is shown to be avoidable as the consequence of prope rly split asymmetry on to the Mach-Zehnder arms.