Title :
Traveling-wave electrode electroabsorption modulators toward 100 Gb/s
Author :
Lew?©n, R. ; Irmscher, S. ; Westergren, U. ; Thyl?©n, L. ; Eriksson, U.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microelectron. & Inf. Technol., Royal Inst. of Technol., Kista, Sweden
Abstract :
We present segmented traveling-wave electroabsorption modulators matched to 50 /spl Omega/. The devices show excellent high frequency performance up to 50 GHz, and exhibit a maximum model-extrapolated 3 dBe bandwidth of 90 GHz. Clear eye openings at 50 Gbit/s are presented.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; extrapolation; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical waveguide components; 100 Gbit/s; 50 Gbit/s; 50 ohm; 90 GHz; extrapolation; segmented traveling-wave electrode electroabsorption modulators; waveguide modulator design;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
