• DocumentCode
    3076089
  • Title

    20-Gbps BPSK silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator with excellent chirp-free performance

  • Author

    Goi, Kazuhiro ; Oda, Kenji ; Kusaka, Hiroyuki ; Ogawa, Kensuke ; Liow, Tsung-Yang ; Tu, Xiaoguang ; Lo, Guo-Qiang

  • Author_Institution
    Opt. & Electron. Lab., Fujikura Ltd., Chiba, Japan
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    2-6 July 2012
  • Firstpage
    238
  • Lastpage
    239
  • Abstract
    20-Gbps NRZ-BPSK operation using silicon MZM is demonstrated with excellent chirp-free performance. Obtained α-parameter of the modulator is -0.05, and the low chirp modulation under push-pull operation is observed.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; chirp modulation; elemental semiconductors; phase shift keying; silicon; α-parameter; BPSK silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator; NRZ-BPSK operation; Si; bit rate 20 Gbit/s; chirp modulation; chirp-free performance; push-pull operation; Binary phase shift keying; Chirp; Constellation diagram; Frequency modulation; Silicon; Trajectory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
  • Conference_Location
    Busan
  • ISSN
    2166-8884
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0976-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2166-8884
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OECC.2012.6276459
  • Filename
    6276459