Miniaturized InP dual I&Q mach Zehnder modulator with full monitoring functionality for CFP2

Author

Heck, Susannah C. ; Jones, Stephen K. ; Griffin, R.A. ; Whitbread, Neil ; Bromley, Paul A. ; Harris, Gerald ; Smith, D. ; Langley, Lloyd N. ; Goodall, Thomas

Author_Institution

Oclaro Technol., Towcester, UK

fYear

2014

fDate

21-25 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

A compact InP modulator chip is presented for 32Gbaud coherent transmission having high efficiency and linear EO response V_2π<;5V and ER>25dB; and a full set of integrated waveguide detectors and phase-controls for testing, set-up and monitoring.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical communication equipment; optical control; optical modulation; optical testing; optical waveguides; phase control; quadrature amplitude modulation; CFP2; InP; coherent transmission; compact modulator chip; dual in-phase/quadrature modulator; electro-optical performance; full monitoring functionality; high efficiency; integrated waveguide detectors; linear EO response; miniaturized InP dual I&Q Mach Zehnder modulator; optical testing; phase-controls; Detectors; Electrooptic modulators; Indium phosphide; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on

Conference_Location

Cannes

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964099

Filename

6964099