An electroabsorption modulator module for digital and analog applications

Author

Kaneko, Shin-ichi ; Noda, Masaki ; Miyazaki, Yasunori ; Watanabe, Hiromitsu ; Kasahara, Kumio ; Tajime, Toru

Author_Institution

Inf. Technol. R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Hyogo, Japan

Volume

17

Issue

4

fYear

1999

fDate

4/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

669

Lastpage

676

Abstract

This paper presents an electroabsorption modulator (EAM) module for digital and analog (D/A) applications. Optically broad-band operation of the EAM module is studied for such digital application as wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) systems. Utilizing anisotropic electroabsorption of a multiple quantum-well (MQW) EAM, 40- and 100-nm bandwidth operations in 2.5-Gb/s digital signal transmission over 200-km standard fiber are confirmed by the experiments and the simulations, respectively. For analog applications, low distortion and high link gain characteristics of the EAM module are investigated at the wavelength of 1535 nm. High spurious-free dynamic range of 123 dB·Hz^4/5 and high link gains of -10.3 dB with matching circuit and -20.6 dB without matching circuit are obtained using the EAM module

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; modules; optical communication equipment; semiconductor quantum wells; wavelength division multiplexing; 1535 nm; 2.5 Gbit/s; 200 km; EAM module; Gb/s digital signal transmission; MQW EAM; WDM; analog applications; anisotropic electroabsorption; digital applications; electroabsorption modulator module; high link gain characteristics; high spurious-free dynamic range; km standard fiber; low distortion; matching circuit; multiple quantum-well; optically broad-band operation; wavelength division multiplexing; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Bandwidth; Circuit simulation; Digital modulation; Dynamic range; Geometrical optics; Optical distortion; Optical modulation; Quantum well devices; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.754798

Filename

754798