Cascaded RZ and NRZ laser modulators having RZ/NRZ phase...

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2005-07-12

2005-07-12

Thompson, Timothy (Department: 2873)

Optical: systems and elements

Optical modulator

Light wave temporal modulation

C359S239000, C359S248000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06917455

ABSTRACT:
An optical transmitter architecture has a return-to-zero (RZ) laser modulator coupled in cascade with a non-return-to-zero (NRZ) laser modulator. Modulator bias and electronic phase delay bias are controlled using dither-based feedback, so as to align the phase of the RZ clock signal with that of the NRZ data. A first method uses an RZ quadrature AM dither or an RZ “hillclimber” bias dither, to apply a relatively low frequency dither signal to a variable RF delay for the RZ clock signal applied to the RZ modulator or NRZ data signal applied to the NRZ modulator. A second method is an RZ quadrature AM dither or “hillclimber” bias dither scheme that applies equal amplitude and opposite phase dither signals to perform complementary modulation of both the RZ and NRZ MZ modulators simultaneously.

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