Magnitude response measurement of electro-optic intensity modulator based on photonic downconversion sampling

Yangxue Ma; Zhiyao Zhang; Zhen Zeng; Shangjian Zhang; Yong Liu

doi:10.1117/12.2500816

6 November 2018 Magnitude response measurement of electro-optic intensity modulator based on photonic downconversion sampling

Yangxue Ma, Zhiyao Zhang, Zhen Zeng, Shangjian Zhang, Yong Liu

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Proceedings Volume 10812, Semiconductor Lasers and Applications VIII; 108120H (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2500816
Event: SPIE/COS Photonics Asia, 2018, Beijing, China

Abstract

We propose and demonstrate a self-calibrating approach to measure the magnitude response of a broadband electro-optic intensity modulator based on photonic downconversion sampling. A low-repetition-rate mode-locked laser is employed to sample a swept-frequency microwave signal via the modulator under test, where the magnitude response of the modulator is calculated from the relative intensity of the Fourier frequency components in the first Nyquist frequency range and the direct current. In the experiment, magnitude response and half-wave voltage versus frequency of a commercial Mach-Zehnder electro-optic modulator within a frequency range of 0-40 GHz is successfully measured using the proposed method.

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Yangxue Ma, Zhiyao Zhang, Zhen Zeng, Shangjian Zhang, and Yong Liu "Magnitude response measurement of electro-optic intensity modulator based on photonic downconversion sampling", Proc. SPIE 10812, Semiconductor Lasers and Applications VIII, 108120H (6 November 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2500816

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