Optical pseudo-duobinary transmission system using a polarization modulator and a polarizer

Abstract

We propose and demonstrate an optical pseudo-duobinary transmitter using a polarization modulator and a polarizer. We show through both theoretical analysis and experiments that the proposed transmitter can generate pseudo-duobinary signals whose optical phase difference between marks can be controlled by the driving voltage to the modulator. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.