Title :
Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) with more than 20 dB extinction ratio on silicon-on-insulator
Author :
Schnarrenberger, Martin ; Zimmermann, Lars ; Mitze, Torsten ; Bruns, Jürgen ; Petermann, Klaus
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ. Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
We have fabricated an MZI with more than 20 dB extinction ratio on SOI serving for the high demands of differential phase shift keying (DPSK) receivers with the capability of fast thermo-optic tuneability.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; differential phase shift keying; optical fabrication; optical modulation; optical receivers; silicon-on-insulator; thermo-optical devices; DPSK; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; SOI; differential phase shift keying; extinction ratio; optical fabrication; receivers; silicon-on-insulator; thermo-optic tuning; Delay lines; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Extinction ratio; Interferometers; Optical fiber networks; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Semiconductor device measurement; Silicon on insulator technology; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2005. 2nd IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9070-9
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2005.1516428
