Practical System Design Considerations For Wideband Fiber Optic Links Using External Modulators

Scott A. Wilcox; Marvin D. Drake

doi:10.1117/12.960094

6 December 1988 Practical System Design Considerations For Wideband Fiber Optic Links Using External Modulators

Scott A. Wilcox, Marvin D. Drake

Proceedings Volume 0993, Integrated Optical Circuit Engineering VI; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.960094
Event: O-E/Fiber LASE '88, 1988, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

We investigated the application of integrated optic modulators (I0Ms) to wideband fiber optic communications systems. These integrated optic modulators differed in their electrode structures and method of optical launching. Signal-to-noise ratio, harmonic distortion, input impedance, and laser noise effects were measured as functions of modulation frequency and modulator bias voltage. We will present possible system design alternatives to improve operation of the IOM and performance of the overall fiber optic link.

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Scott A. Wilcox and Marvin D. Drake "Practical System Design Considerations For Wideband Fiber Optic Links Using External Modulators", Proc. SPIE 0993, Integrated Optical Circuit Engineering VI, (6 December 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.960094

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