[MD2] Modulators

[MD2-4] Dual-Parallel Mach-Zehnder Modulator Integrated with 180-degree Hybrid for Compensation of Third-Order Intermodulation Distortion

〇Daichi Furubayashi¹, Yuta Kashiwagi¹, Tadashi Kawai¹, Akira Enokihara¹, Naokatsu Yamamoto², Tetsuya Kawanishi^2,3 (¹Univ. of Hyogo, Japan, ²National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan, ³Waseda Univ., Japan)

Keywords:Microwave photonics, Optical modulators

We designed and fabricated an electro-optic modulator for optically compensating the nonlinear distortion. The single-chip structure and the single-input operation were realized by integrating a microwave 180-degree hybrid on the DPMZM substrate.