DEPARTMENT

OF
ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION
ENGINEERING

FIBER OPTICS
COMMUNICATION LABORATORY

LAB
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CARRYING OUT PRACTICAL
ON

IMPLEMENTATION OF A
MODULATOR AND MACH-ZEHNDER ELECTRO-0PTIC
PLOTTLNG THE POWER OUTPUT VS
OF
APPLIED VOLTAGE (SIMULATION)

RANCH

BIRLA INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY
MESRA, RANCHÊ
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Nane of the experiment: Implementation of a Mach-Zehnder electro-optic modulator
wd toting of the Power Output vs. Applied Voltage
ObjectiveTheory: If the output of the light source is coupled into one of the two ports
t the modulator, the modulator will divide the input wavelength into two
parallel lines,
wuh converges to form asingle line at the output port of the modulator (identical to the
t wavelength). If asignal is applied at the second port of the modulator, with an
shic icld strong cnough to invert the phase of one of the split lines, the combined
l signal will be completely suppressed. In essence, the optical signal at
einodulator will be switched ON or OFF in the output of
accordance with the input data rate.
Sufware Required: BeamPROP (RSoft)
troredures:
I. Create the waveguide model and specify the
index difference and waveguide height etc. andparameters
like background index,
select 'Multilayer' as 3D structure
type. Here, a multilayer structure is used to create a 3D
2. Create waveguide segments and also bend channel waveguide.
modulator structure.
segments to form the Mach-Zehnder
3. Setup electrode layers and
4. Create monitors, edit launchelectrodes,
field and set launch type to 'compute mode'.
5. Perform simulation and save the
6. Determine the power output as result
in output file prefix.
a function of the applied
clectrode, using the parameter scanning. voltage in the center
7. Observe the phase difference of
light between two arms using
8. Observe the output power vs.
applied voltage after completionpathway monitor.
of scanning.