Full L-band 40-Gbit/s operation of compact InP-DQPSK modulator module with low constant driving voltage of 3.5 Vpp

Author

Kikuchi, Nobuhiro ; Tsuzuki, Ken ; Shibata, Yasuo ; Ishikawa, Mituteru ; Yasui, Takako ; Ishii, Hiroyuki ; Oohashi, Hiromi ; Ishibashi, Tadao ; Akeyoshi, Tomoyuki ; Yasaka, Hiroshi ; Kano, Fumiyoshi

Author_Institution

NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi

fYear

2008

fDate

21-25 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Operation at 40 Gbit/s with a constant driving voltage (3.5 Vpp) for the entire L-band was demonstrated with a newly developed compact InP-based DQPSK module. A linear DC bias voltage control was employed to compensate for a wavelength dependence of the half-wavelength voltage.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; differential phase shift keying; electro-optical modulation; indium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; quadrature phase shift keying; telecommunication control; voltage control; DQPSK modulator module; InP; L-band operation; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; half-wavelength voltage; linear DC bias voltage control; optical differential quadrature phase shift keying; voltage 3.5 V; wavelength compensation; Distributed parameter circuits; Indium phosphide; L-band; Low voltage; Optical losses; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Packaging; Power transmission lines; Propagation losses;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Brussels

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2227-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2228-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729122

Filename

4729122