Small-signal power measuring technique for measuring the frequency response of electroabsorption modulators

H. P. Huang; N. H. Zhu; Q. Q.G. Hasen; Y. Liu; X. Wang; E. Y.B. Pun; C. P.S. Chung

doi:10.1109/LPT.2006.886850

Small-signal power measuring technique for measuring the frequency response of electroabsorption modulators

H. P. Huang^*
, N. H. Zhu
, Q. Q.G. Hasen
, Y. Liu
, X. Wang
, E. Y.B. Pun
, C. P.S. Chung

^*Corresponding author for this work

CAS - Institute of Semiconductors
City University of Hong Kong

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Abstract

We propose and demonstrate measurement of the frequency response of an electroabsorption (EA) modulator using an extended small-signal power measuring technique. In this technique, the modulator is driven by a microwave carrier amplitude modulated by a low-frequency signal, and the modulator frequency response is obtained without the need of a high-speed photodetector. Based upon the nonlinear characteristics of the EA modulator and the underlying principle of the present method, equations have been derived. A measurement scheme using a network analyzer and a low-speed photodetector has been proposed and constructed, and the experimental results confirm that our proposed method is as accurate as the swept-frequency measurement using a network analyzer directly.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2451-2453
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume	18
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2006.886850
State	Published - 1 Dec 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Electroabsorption (EA) modulator
Frequency response
Small-signal power measuring technique

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