Dynamically induced nonlinearity in a resonant-cavity interferometric intensity modulator.
The frequency dependence of the spur-free dynamic range (SFDR) in a modulator based on an injection-locked laser is analyzed. It is shown that as the modulation frequency approaches half of the locking range, the SFDR of the modulator approaches that of a standard Mach-Zehnder configuration. At low frequencies, the SFDR degrades by 2 dB for every octave of frequency increase.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA. jam@udel.edu
Janusz
J
Murakowski
Garrett J
GJ
Schneider
Dennis W
DW
Prather
D003198:Computer Simulation; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007368:Interferometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*