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Methods and devices for optimizing the operation of a semiconductor optical modulator

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1193294
A semiconductor-based optical modulator includes a control loop to control and optimize the modulator's operation for relatively high data rates (above 1 GHz) and/or relatively high voltage levels. Both the amplitude of the modulator's driving voltage and the bias of the driving voltage may be adjusted using the control loop. Such adjustments help to optimize the operation of the modulator by reducing the number of errors present in a modulated data stream.
Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Number(s):
9,083,460
Application Number:
14/024,559
OSTI ID:
1193294
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Bit-Error-Rate Monitoring for Active Wavelength Control of Resonant Modulators journal January 2013
Vertical junction silicon microdisk modulators and switches journal January 2011

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