• DocumentCode
    1688416
  • Title

    40 Gb/s Low-drive-voltage LiNbO3 Optical Modulator for DQPSK Modulation Format

  • Author

    Doi, Masaharu ; Hashimoto, Naoki ; Hasegawa, Tetsu ; Tanaka, Takehito ; Tanaka, Kazuhiro

  • Author_Institution
    Fujitsu Lab. Ltd., Atsugi
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Low-drive-voltage (3.5 V) and uniform modulation characteristics of MZIs were achieved with Z-cut dual-drive nested-MZIs structure and the wide-gap design between signal and ground electrodes, resulting in precise constellation mappings in 43 Gb/s DQPSK modulation.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; lithium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; DQPSK modulation; LiNbO3; LiNbO3 - System; MZI; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; bit rate 43 Gbit/s; ground electrodes; low-drive-voltage optical modulator; signal electrodes; voltage 3.5 V; wide-gap design; Electrodes; Modulation coding; Optical design; Optical devices; Optical interferometry; Optical losses; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Phase modulation; Signal design;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-831-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2007.4348877
  • Filename
    4348877