Technique for measuring the optical phase transfer function

A technique for directly measuring the optical phase transfer function of optoelectronic devices is presented. The change in the phase of an optical signal is obtained as a function of a time-varying electrical stimulus for electrical-optical devices, or optical stimulus for optical-optical devices. The technique is demonstrated by considering the phase of the output signal from an electroabsorption modulator as a function of the applied voltage.

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