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Lecture5 MZI

This document discusses the Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI), which is a device used in optical fiber communications. It consists of two 3dB couplers connected by two waveguides of differing lengths. An intensity modulator can be inserted to induce phase shifts, resulting in intensity modulation of the output. The MZI can function as a tunable filter, with a frequency response that depends on the length difference between the waveguides. It can also be used as a wavelength multiplexer by precisely tuning the length differences between multiple MZIs.

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Lecture5 MZI

This document discusses the Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI), which is a device used in optical fiber communications. It consists of two 3dB couplers connected by two waveguides of differing lengths. An intensity modulator can be inserted to induce phase shifts, resulting in intensity modulation of the output. The MZI can function as a tunable filter, with a frequency response that depends on the length difference between the waveguides. It can also be used as a wavelength multiplexer by precisely tuning the length differences between multiple MZIs.

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Optical Fiber Communications

Mach-Zehnder Interferometer

Yasser M. Sabry, Ph.D.


Associate Professor
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt
Fall 2022-2023
Basic structure of the MZI

Y-junction Y-junction Longer


splitter combiner waveguide

Phase modulator =Intensity modulation


ΔV Δn Δβ
𝑂/𝑃
𝐼/𝑃 1

Ii Io 0.5 λ3dB

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Unbalanced MZI
𝑂/𝑃
𝐼/𝑃 1 𝐸𝑖 𝐸𝑜

0.5 λ3dB

𝐸𝑖 −𝑗𝛽𝐿1
1 𝐸𝑖 −𝑗𝛽𝐿2
1
𝐸𝑜 = ×𝑒 × + ×𝑒 ×
2 2 2 2

𝐸𝑜 1 −𝑗𝛽 𝐿1 +𝐿2
−
𝑗𝛽 𝐿1 −𝐿2 𝑗𝛽 𝐿1 −𝐿2
−𝑗𝛽𝐿𝑎𝑣
∆𝐿
= 𝑒 2 𝑒 2 +𝑒 2 =𝑒 cos 𝛽
𝐸𝑖 2 2

𝐼𝑜 2
∆𝐿 2
𝜋𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑓 ∆𝐿
= 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝛽 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠
𝐼𝑖 2 𝜆

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UBMZI filter response
𝑂/𝑃
𝐼/𝑃 1 𝐸𝑖 𝐸𝑜

0.5 λ3dB

𝐼𝑜 2
𝜋𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑓 ∆𝐿 2
𝜋𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑓 𝑓∆𝐿
= 𝑐𝑜𝑠 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠
𝐼𝑖 𝜆 𝐶
• Free spectral range
𝐶 𝜆2 • Central wavelengths
Δ𝑓 = Δ𝜆 =
𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑓 ∆𝐿 𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑓 ∆𝐿 𝑚𝜆𝑐 = 𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑓 ∆𝐿

• 3-dB spectral width • Finesse


𝐶 𝜆2 Δ𝑓
𝑓3𝑑𝐵 = 𝜆3𝑑𝐵 = ℱ= =2
2𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑓 ∆𝐿 2𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑓 ∆𝐿 𝑓3𝑑𝐵
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MZI with 2 outputs
• When a DC is used at the
output of the MZI, we get
two complementary
outputs
𝐸1
𝐸𝑖

𝐸2

𝐸𝑖 −𝑗𝛽𝐿1
𝐸𝑖
𝐸1 = 𝑒 𝐸2 = 𝑒 −𝑗𝛽𝐿2
2 2
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MZI as a Mux
FSR=4Δλ FSR=8Δλ

∆𝐿
Δλ
FSR=2Δλ 4 8
2∆𝐿

λ 24 6 8 ∆𝐿

4∆𝐿 2 6
∆𝐿
3 7
2∆𝐿
13 5 7
∆𝐿

1 5

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