Title :
Design and fabrication of electroabsorption modulators for data rates up to 100 Gb/s
Author :
Eriksson, Urban ; Lewén, Robert ; Irmscher, S. ; Westergren, Urban ; Thylén, Lars
Author_Institution :
Optillion AB, Stockholm, Sweden
Abstract :
We present segmented transmission-line (TML) electroabsorption modulators (EAM) matched to 50 Ω. The devices show excellent high frequency performance up to 50 GHz, and exhibit a maximum model-extrapolated 3 dBe bandwidth of 90 GHz. Design considerations and optimization techniques for periodic segmented TML-EAM are discussed. Also methods used for the device fabrication are presented.
Keywords :
data communication; electroabsorption; extrapolation; impedance matching; modulators; optical transmitters; optimisation; periodic structures; 50 ohm; 90 GHz; data rates; electroabsorption modulators; high frequency performance; impedance matching; model extrapolation; optimization; periodic segmented TML-EAM; transmission line; Electrodes; Fabrication; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Impedance; Optical design; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Substrates; Transmission lines;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2004. Proceedings of 2004 6th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8343-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2004.1361964
