Title :
Ultra-short silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) modulator for bidirectional polarization-independent operation
Author :
Schindler, Philipp C. ; Lauermann, M. ; Wolf, Stefan ; Korn, D. ; Palmer, R. ; Koeber, S. ; Heni, Wolfgang ; Ludwig, Arne ; Schmogrow, R. ; Elder, D.L. ; Dalton, L.R. ; Bogaerts, W. ; Yu, Haoyong ; Freude, W. ; Leuthold, Juerg ; Koos, C.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Electron. (IPQ), Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol., Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract :
We propose a bidirectional, polarization-independent, recirculating IQ-modulator scheme based on the silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) platform. We demonstrate the viability of the concept by using an SOH Mach-Zehnder modulator, operated at 10 GBd BPSK and 2ASK-2PSK.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; elemental semiconductors; optical modulation; organic-inorganic hybrid materials; phase shift keying; silicon; 2ASK-2PSK; BPSK; SOH Mach-Zehnder modulator; Si; bidirectional polarization-independent operation; recirculating IQ-modulator scheme; ultra-short silicon-organic hybrid modulator; Integrated optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964098
