Methods and devices for optimizing the operation of a semiconductor optical modulator
| Patent Number: | 9,083,460 |
| Issued: | 7/14/2015 |
| Official Filing: | View the Complete Patent |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Filed: | 9/11/2013 |
| Application Number: | 14/24,559 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |