An Interferometric Method for High Extinction Ratio Measurements With 60-dB Dynamic Range

    Authors

    I. Ozdur; S. Ozharar; F. Quinlan; D. Mandridis;P. J. Delfyett

    Comments

    Authors: contact us about adding a copy of your work at STARS@ucf.edu

    Abstract

    In this letter, we introduce a novel interferometric method for dynamic extinction ratio measurement of temporally demultiplexed pulses. A high extinction intensity modulator is used in order to temporally demultiplex the pulse train. The resulting extinction ratio is measured to be 44 dB. Our method has a dynamic range of similar to 60 dB. To our knowledge, this is the highest dynamic extinction ratio measurement method reported to date for high-speed optical modulators.

    Journal Title

    Ieee Photonics Technology Letters

    Volume

    20

    Issue/Number

    21-24

    Publication Date

    1-1-2008

    Document Type

    Article

    First Page

    2075

    Last Page

    2077

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000261847800105

    ISSN

    1041-1135

    Share

    COinS