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Ranjeet Kumar
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Hi,
The Mach-Zehnder modulator is an intensity modulator based on an interferometric principle. It consists of two 3 dB couplers which are connected by two waveguides of equal length. By means of an electro-optic effect, an externally applied voltage can be used to vary the refractive indices in the waveguide branches.
The different paths can lead to constructive and destructive interference at the output, depending on the applied voltage. Then the output intensity can be modulated according to the voltage.
So, we need to create interferometric systems seperately in optisystem.

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