• DocumentCode
    399241
  • Title

    Ultra high-speed segmented traveling-wave electroabsorption modulators

  • Author

    Lewen, R. ; Irmscher, S. ; Westergren, U. ; Thylén, L. ; Eriksson, U.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Microelectron. & Inf. Technol., R. Inst. of Technol., Kista, Sweden
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    23-28 March 2003
  • Abstract
    We present segmented traveling-wave electroabsorption modulators matched to 50 Ω. The devices show excellent high frequency performance up to 50 GHz, and exhibit a maximum model-extrapolated 3dBe bandwidth of 95 GHz. Clear eye openings at 50 Gbit/s are presented.
  • Keywords
    electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; optical waveguides; 50 GHz; 50 Gbit/s; 95 GHz; clear eye openings; maximum model-extrapolation; segmented traveling-wave electroabsorption modulators; ultra high-speed; waveguide modulators; Capacitance; Electrodes; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Impedance; Microstrip; Optical buffering; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical waveguides;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-746-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2003.1248619
  • Filename
    1248619