Title :
1.3μm hybrid silicon electroabsorption modulator with bandwidth beyond 67 GHz
Author :
Tang, Yongbo ; Peters, Jonathan D. ; Bowers, John E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
Hybrid silicon electroabsorption modulators with bandwidth over 67GHz have been demonstrated for 1.3ìm transmission. An eye diagram measured after 16km transmission shows a 9.4dB dynamic extinction ratio at 50Gb/s with a 2.2Vpp drive voltage.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; integrated optoelectronics; silicon; bandwidth; bit rate 50 Gbit/s; distance 16 km; drive voltage; dynamic extinction ratio; eye diagram; hybrid silicon electroabsorption modulator; wavelength 1.3 mum; Bandwidth; Image segmentation; Modulation; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Transmission line measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
