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Total Authors: 2
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Fac Elect & Comp Engn, Dept Commun, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 1
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Journal of Lightwave Technology; v. 34, n. 9, p. 2152-2157, MAY 1 2016. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 5 |
| Abstract | |
A simplified direct measurement of half-wave voltage (V-pi) based on the optical modulator third harmonic distortions to sinusoidal signals in opposite phase is proposed and performed for a quadrature Mach-Zehnder optical modulator. Experimental results are obtained from dc up to 11 GHz. The tested device V-pi value is 2.4 V for dc increasing to 3.8 V at 10 GHz. A linear extrapolation predicts that V-pi will be close to 10.5 V at 40 GHz, which is equivalent to the first harmonic for a 80 GBd transmission rate based on QPSK modulation. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 07/56024-4 - Coherent optical technologies |
| Grantee: | Evandro Conforti |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Research Partnership for Technological Innovation - PITE |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/18791-7 - High Speed Space Switches for Coherent Optical Networks |
| Grantee: | Tiago Sutili |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |
| FAPESP's process: | 15/50063-4 - Optical Interconection and Transmition Coherent Systems Technologies |
| Grantee: | Evandro Conforti |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Research Partnership for Technological Innovation - PITE |