Effects of chirp mechanism on spectrum broadening of external modulators

Autor: V. Rouffiange, P. Bravetti, R. Brouard, S. Balsamo
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: OFC/NFOEC Technical Digest. Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005..
DOI: 10.1109/ofc.2005.192534
Popis: We show that a LiNbO/sub 3/ Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) with optical unbalancing in the two waveguides produces a chirped NRZ data stream without inducing spectral broadening as it happens with conventional chirped MZM (which employ electrical asymmetry).
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