SPUR-FREE DYNAMIC-RANGE MEASUREMENTS OF A FIBER OPTIC LINK WITH TRAVELING-WAVE LINEARIZED DIRECTIONAL COUPLER MODULATORS

Authors
SCHAFFNER JH LAM JF GAETA CJ TANGONAN GI JOYCE RL FARWELL ML CHANG WSC
Citation
Jh. Schaffner et al., SPUR-FREE DYNAMIC-RANGE MEASUREMENTS OF A FIBER OPTIC LINK WITH TRAVELING-WAVE LINEARIZED DIRECTIONAL COUPLER MODULATORS, IEEE photonics technology letters, 6(2), 1994, pp. 273-275
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
6
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
273 - 275
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1994)6:2<273:SDMOAF>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Two-tone testing was performed on a laboratory fiber optic link with L iNbO3 traveling wave linearized directional coupler modulators. The th ird-order distortion was measured at 500 MHz and 1000 MHz and the spur -free dynamic range was determined. Two modulator configurations, with either one or two passive bias sections, were tested and the results were compared with measurements of simple directional coupler modulato rs. A 9.5-11 dB improvement in the dynamic range was found in the link s employing the linearized modulators.