access icon free Active stabilisation of single drive dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator for single sideband signal generation

Presented is a study on a single-drive dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator implementation as a single sideband suppressed carrier generator. High values of both extinction ratio and sidemode suppression ratio were obtained at different modulation frequencies over the C-band. In addition, a stabilisation loop had been developed to preserve the single sideband generation over time.

Inspec keywords: optical pulse generation; laser stability; laser modes; optical modulation; extinction coefficients

Other keywords: modulation frequencies; sidemode suppression ratio; active stabilisation; extinction ratio; single sideband signal generation; single drive dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator; C-band

Subjects: Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning; Other optical system components; Laser beam modulation, pulsing and switching; mode locking and tuning; Optical beam modulators

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