Generation of 40Gbps duobinary signals using an integrated laser Mach-Zehnder modulator

Author

Koh, P.C. ; Johansson, L.A. ; Akulova, Y.A. ; Fish, G.A. ; Paloczi, G.T. ; Larson, M. ; Ayliffe, M. ; Coldren, L.A.

Author_Institution

JDSU, Goleta, CA

fYear

2009

fDate

22-26 March 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Generation of 40 Gbps duobinary signals is demonstrated over a wavelength range of 1537 nm - 1569 nm, using the intrinsic EO response of a Mach-Zehnder modulator integrated with a widely tunable laser.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; electro-optical modulation; integrated optics; laser tuning; optical fibre communication; optical transmitters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; duobinary signal generation; duobinary transmitter; integrated Mach-Zehnder modulator; integrated widely-tunable SGDBR laser; intrinsic EO response; sampled-grating DBR laser; wavelength 1537 nm to 1569 nm; Electrooptic modulators; Electrooptical waveguides; Low pass filters; Optical filters; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor lasers; Signal generators; (060.2330) Fiber Optics Communications; (250.5300) Photonic Integrated Circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2606-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-865-0

Type

conf

Filename

5032697