LiNbO3 Optical Single-Sideband Modulator 報 告 者:陳 嘉 怜 指導教授:王 維 新 博士
Outline Introduction Principle of Operation Experiment and Results Summary References
Introduction Single-Sideband (SSB) Modulator: Material : z-cut lithium niobate (LN) Fabrication: titanium diffusion Advantages: Increase bandwidth efficiency Reduce dispersion penalty Suppress nonlinear effect
Principle of Operation The integrated modulator consists of parallel Mach-Zehnder (MZ) intensity modulator with four optical modulation waveguides.
Signal Diagram Each frequency diagram shows Bessel function profiles of J-4 to J4. J3 J-1 J0 frequency J-3 J1
Optical Output Signals In-phase modes are: Out-of-phase modes are: wc : optical carrier angular frequency wm : modulation angular frequency mf : modulation index
Experiment Block diagrams of the SSB modulation measurement.
Measured Optical Spectra Measured optical spectra of the SSB modulation. The dotted line shows the spectrum of a DFB-LD.
Optical Power vs Driving Voltage Relationship between optical power of J-1 and J3modes and driving voltage. -18.4dB
Modulated Optical Spectra f f(t) J0 J1 J3 J-1 J-3 Modulate DSB SSB
Reduce Dispersion Penalty Double sideband spectrum is susceptible to chromatic dispersion. Using SSB modulation will reduce dispersion penalty. f f(t) J0 J1 J3 J-1 J-3
Suppress Nonlinear Effect Without centered-cubic lattice(like LN), the polarization vector is: Reduce driving power to suppress the nonlinear effects in LN modulators.
Disadvantages Using three Y-branches makes the on/off extinction ratio degraded. A Y-branch three Y-branches
Improved Structure input output A Y-branch Using a Y-branch to improve the on/off extinction ratio. input output A Y-branch
Summary Optical SSB modulation with suppressions J0 and J3 of a 10GHz signal in a driving voltage of 6.3Vp-p Advantages: Increase bandwidth efficiency Reduce dispersion penalty Suppress nonlinear effect Disadvantage: Degrade on/off extinction ratio
References S. Shimotsu, S. Oikawa, T. Saitou, N. Mitsugi, K. Kubodera, T. Kawanishi, and M. Isutsu, “Single Side-Band Modulation Performance of a LiNbO3 Integrated Modulator Consisting of Four-Phase Modulator Waveguides,”IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., Vol. 13., No. 4, April 2001. R. Hui, Senior Member, IEEE, B. Zhu, R. Huang, C. Allen, Senior Member, IEEE, K. Demarest, and D. Richards, “10Gb/s SCM Fiber System Using Optical SSB Modulation,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. Vol. 13., No. 8, August 2001. A. Loayssa, D. Benito, and M. J. Garde “Single-Sideband Suppressed-Carrier Modulation Using a Single-Electrode Electrooptic Modilator, ” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett., Vol. 13., No. 8, August 2001.