Photonic Sensors, Volume. 13, Issue 2, 230203(2023)

Bias-Independent Inter-Modulation Method for Simultaneously Measuring Low-Frequency Modulation and Bias Half-Wave Voltages of Mach-Zehnder Modulators

Junfeng ZHU, Xinhai ZOU, Ying XU, Yutong HE, Yali ZHANG, Zhiyao ZHANG, Shangjian ZHANG*, and Yong LIU
Author Affiliations
  • Advanced Research Center for Microwave Photonics (ARC-MWP), State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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    Junfeng ZHU, Xinhai ZOU, Ying XU, Yutong HE, Yali ZHANG, Zhiyao ZHANG, Shangjian ZHANG, Yong LIU. Bias-Independent Inter-Modulation Method for Simultaneously Measuring Low-Frequency Modulation and Bias Half-Wave Voltages of Mach-Zehnder Modulators[J]. Photonic Sensors, 2023, 13(2): 230203

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    Paper Information

    Category: Regular

    Received: Oct. 25, 2022

    Accepted: Dec. 11, 2022

    Published Online: Mar. 21, 2024

    The Author Email: ZHANG Shangjian (sjzhang@uestc.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s13320-023-0678-9

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