Title :
Compact, high power, MQW InP Mach-Zehnder transmitters with full-band tunability for 10 Gb/s DWDM
Author :
Griffin, R.A. ; Pugh, B. ; Fraser, J. ; Betty, I.B. ; Anderson, K. ; Busico, G. ; Edge, C. ; Simmons, T.
Author_Institution :
Bookham Technol., Towcester, UK
Abstract :
A full-band tunable transmitter is reported exhibiting high performance in a compact footprint. Variation in modulation characteristics with wavelength intrinsic to MQW InP Mach-Zehnder modulators (MZMs) is shown to be readily managed.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; electro-optical modulation; indium compounds; optical transmitters; optical tuning; quantum well devices; semiconductor devices; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; DWDM; InP; InP Mach-Zehnder modulator; MQW; full-band tunable transmitter; modulation characteristics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
