Linear broadband signal generator using primary and secondary optical modulators
US5126870A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 22, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jun 30, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F2203/19
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A linear optical broadband signal generator includes primary and secondary optical modulators whose outputs are combined so as to minimize intermodulation distortion of a modulated optical signal. A constant amplitude optical signal is split differentially so as to create primary and secondary power levels, the primary and secondary power levels being inputted into the primary and secondary modulators. An electrical input to one of the modulators is differentially attenuated so as to reduce third order modulation products when modulated outputs of the modulators are combined. In addition, the total modulated optical output power is maximized by adjustment to one of the outputs of one of the modulators so that its phase is more in line with a phase of the output of the other modulator so as to maximize first order products of the combined output.
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