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Integrated Design Tool for Fiber-Optic Analog Links P. Tommasino, A. Trifiletti, and A. Vannucci Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Via Eudossiana, 18, I-00184, Rome, Italy Abstract—An integrated tool for the analysis and design of optical analog links is proposed, in order to permit optimization of joint performance of the modulator and of its electrical driver within a II. THE MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATOR MODEL microwave circuital CAD. The tool comprises a circuital model of the Mach-Zehnder modulator, and a FEM simulator for The model for a 10 Gb/s MZM with overall length L0 for modulator design from a given physical and geometrical the optical path was proposed in [7]. The block scheme is structure. A case study of design and analysis of a broadband link shown in Fig. 1. operating at frequencies as high as 35 GHz is presented, to illustrate advantages of the proposed tool. Keywords—nonlinear optical devices; electrooptic modulators; optical transmitters, optical modulation. I. INTRODUCTION The transmission of broadband analog AM signals performed through high bandwidth fiber optic links is required in several applications such as broadband wireless access Figure 1. The Mach-Zehnder modulator model. networks, sensor networks, radar, satellite communications and warfare systems. Long haul fiber optic link are currently well The MZM model has been then extended up to 40 GHz established in cable television (CATV) industry [1] and and