论文信息 - In search of a linear electrooptic amplitude modulator

In search of a linear electrooptic amplitude modulator

An electrooptic modulator which offers high linearity and low intermodulation distortion (IMD) is proposed. The modulation characteristics, harmonic and intermodulation distortions, are calculated. In the two-tone test with an optical modulation depth of 16% for each channel, the third-order IMD is expected to be as low as -95 dB. Such a linearized electrooptic modulator used in conjunction with diode-pumped solid-state lasers can be expected to outperform directly modulated injection lasers for CATV transmission systems.<<ETX>>

P.-L. Liu | B.J. Li | Y.S. Trisno

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