Large-signal performance of the serially cascaded electroabsorption modulator

  • Muhammad Taker Abuelma'atti*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Large signal analysis of the serially cascaded electroabsorption modulator driven by a multisinusoidal RF signal is presented. The special case of a two-tone equal-amplitude RF signal is considered in detail, and the results are compared with previously published results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)129-145
Number of pages17
JournalFiber and Integrated Optics
Volume24
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005

Bibliographical note

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Muhammad Taher Abuelma’atti was born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1942. He received a B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering in 1963 from the University of Cairo, Cairo, Egypt, his Ph.D. in 1979, and a doctor of Science degree in 1999 both from the University of Bradford, England. From 1963 to 1967 he worked at the Military Technical College in Cairo as a teaching assistant. He was with the Iron and Steel Company in Helwan, Cairo, from 1967 to 1973 as a senior electrical engineer. From 1973 to 1976 he was with the College of Engineering, University of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as a teaching assistant. From 1980 to 1981, he worked with the Faculty of Engineering, University of Khartoum, Sudan, as an assistant professor, and from 1981 to 1982 he was with the College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as an assistant professor. In 1982 he joined the College of Engineering, University of Bahrain, and in 1987 he became an associate professor. In 1991 he joined the College of Engineering Sciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, where he became a full professor in January 1995. Dr. Abuelma’atti is the recipient of the 1994/1995 Excellence in Teaching Award and the 1995/1996 and 2000/2001 Excellence in Research Award, both at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. Dr. Abuelma’atti is a contributor to Survey of Instrumentation and Measurement, S. A. Dyer, Editor, (New York: John Wiley, 2001), The Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, J. G. Webster, Editor, (New York: John Wiley, 1999), and Selected Papers on Analog Fiber-Optic Links, E. I. Ackerman, C. H. Cox III, and N. A. Riza, Editors, SPIE Milestone Series (Washington, DC: SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1998). His research interests include problems related to analysis and design of nonlinear electronic circuits and systems, analog integrated circuits, and active networks design. He is the author or co-author of over 500 journal articles and technical presentations.

Keywords

  • Analog signal processing
  • Electroabsorption modulator
  • Optical communication

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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