Full C-band 40-Gbit/s DPSK tunable transmitter module developed by hybrid integration of tunable laser and InP n-p-i-n Mach-Zehnder modulator

Author

Yamada, Eiichi ; Ohki, Akira ; Kikuchi, Nobuhiro ; Shibata, Yasuo ; Yasui, Takako ; Watanabe, Kei ; Ishii, Hiroyuki ; Iga, Ryuzo ; Oohashi, Hiromi

Author_Institution

NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan

fYear

2010

fDate

21-25 March 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

A 40-Gbaud tunable transmitter module was developed for the first time by the hybrid integration of a full C-band tunable laser and an InP Mach-Zehnder modulator. Wavelength-tunable chirpless 40-Gbit/s DPSK modulation was successfully demonstrated.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; differential phase shift keying; indium compounds; integrated optics; laser tuning; optical modulation; optical transmitters; C-band tunable laser; DPSK tunable transmitter module; InP; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; hybrid integration; n-p-i-n Mach-Zehnder modulator; wavelength-tunable chirpless DPSK modulation; Chirp modulation; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Electrodes; Indium phosphide; Laser tuning; Optical transmitters; Packaging; Temperature; Tunable circuits and devices; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-884-1

Type

conf

Filename

5465835