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Abstract:
In coherent optical transmission, traveling-wave Mach-Zehnder modulators are commonly used to generate various advanced formats where the modulators are biased at the minimum transmission point. Here, we report that an optical isolation effect with lower backward transmission occurs under this condition. This concept is successfully demonstrated to achieve ∼7 dB isolation over a 90-nm wavelength span under binary phase-shift keying modulation using a commercial lithium niobate modulator.
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