Automatic bias control device and automatic bias control method for electro-optic intensity modulator

Abstract

The invention discloses an automatic bias control device and an automatic bias control method for an electro-optic intensity modulator. The automatic bias control device for the electro-optic intensity modulator comprises a laser, beam splitters and an M-type to Z-type electro-optic intensity modulator. An electro-optic intensity modulator input feedback path and an electro-optic intensity modulator output feedback path are joined through a feedback processor to form a double-path tracking feedback control system. According to the invention, a digital PID algorithm is employed, a bias driving circuit is used to cooperate adjustment, automatic accurate positioning and tracking of linear operating points of the electro-optic intensity modulator is achieved, and a problem of misoperation of a controller due to jitter of output power of the laser can be overcome.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of electro-optic intensity modulation, in particular to an automatic bias control device and an automatic bias control method for an M-Z type electro-optic intensity modulator. Background technique [0002] The commonly used Mach-Zehnder structure electro-optic modulator uses the linear electro-optic effect to adjust the refractive index of the material, and uses M-Z interference to make the output optical power change with the applied voltage. However, since the modulation characteristics of the electro-optic modulator will change with changes in the ambient temperature and other reasons, the static operating point deviates from the midpoint of the linear region of the modulation characteristic curve, resulting in distortion of the modulated light wave signal. In the application of CATV and ROF systems, the control method of adding micro-disturbance is often used, but in this method, low-frequency signals will be mix...

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[0013] In the low-frequency perturbation mode, due to the low-frequency components mixed into the modulated signal, the spectral components of the output signal will be impure. At the same time, since the modulator itself is modulated by multiple frequencies, there will be nonlinear effects, and the more modulated signal spectrum, The stronger the nonlinear effect, the stronger the output high-frequency harmonic components. Although it stabilizes the linear operating point, it also introduces other spectral components

[0014] The feedback control method under the existing average power mode is greatly improved compared with the previous method, but the current method requires manual adjustment and positioning of the working point by manual participation, and at the same time, the half-wave voltage of the electro-optic modulator needs to be adjusted. Determination, this method requires more auxiliary instruments to complete the realization of the entire control, this method takes a long time and is cumbersome to operate

[0015] None of the current methods can effectively overcome the malfunction of the control loop caused by laser output jitter, because when the output power of the laser jitters briefly, it does not affect the linear operating point of the electro-optic modulator, and the current device often causes malfunction. Action, make the system in a transient nonlinear region, and output a distorted modulation signal

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