• DocumentCode
    3701157
  • Title

    InP MZ modulator with engineered transfer function for 1.5x bandwidth enhancement and Nyquist shaping

  • Author

    Alessandro Aimone;Gerrit Fiol;Marko Gruner;Martin Schell

  • Author_Institution
    Fraunhofer - HHI, 10587 Berlin, Germany
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A segmented modulator which shapes the optical spectrum of the modulated signal is presented. 1.5-fold bandwidth enhancement of driving electronics is shown. 40 Gb/s eye and error-free transmission over 9 km SSFM are measured. Advantage over standard modulators is demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    "Bandwidth","Optical modulation","Optical transmitters","Optical variables measurement","Lithium niobate","Transfer functions"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341852
  • Filename
    7341852