Title :
Performance of MQW InP Mach-Zehnder modulators for advanced modulation formats
Author :
Griffin, R.A. ; Tipper, A. ; Betty, I.
Author_Institution :
Bookham Technol. plc, Towcester, UK
Abstract :
The performance of InP modulators is investigated for duobinary and differential phase-shift key transmission. We demonstrate that despite nonlinear phase-voltage characteristics and residual absorption, InP devices give excellent performance comparable to ideal Mach-Zehnder modulators.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; differential phase shift keying; indium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; semiconductor quantum wells; MQW InP Mach-Zehnder modulators; duobinary; multiple quantum wells; nonlinear phase-voltage characteristics; phase-shift key transmission; residual absorption; Absorption; Electrodes; Indium phosphide; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Phase modulation; Quantum well devices; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192658
