Compact and low power DP-QPSK modulator module with InP-based modulator and driver ICs

Author

Kono, Naoya ; Kitamura, Takamitsu ; Yagi, Hideki ; Itabashi, Naoki ; Tatsumi, Taizo ; Yamauchi, Yuji ; Fujii, Kenichi ; Horino, Kazuhiko ; Yamanaka, S. ; Tanaka, Kiyoshi ; Yamaji, Kazuhiro ; Fukuda, C. ; Shoji, Hajime

Author_Institution

Transm. Devices R & D Labs., Sumitomo Electr. Ind., Ltd., Yokohama, Japan

fYear

2013

fDate

17-21 March 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

A compact 128 Gbit/s DP-QPSK modulator module including driver ICs and polarization multiplexing micro-optics is demonstrated. A dissipation power of only 3.2 W was achieved with a low differential driver output voltage of 2.5 V_pp.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; driver circuits; indium compounds; integrated optoelectronics; micro-optics; multiplexing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; InP; InP-based modulator; bit rate 128 Gbit/s; dissipation power; driver IC; low differential driver output voltage; low power DP-QPSK modulator module; polarization multiplexing microoptics; power 3.2 W; Integrated optics; Multiplexing; Optical device fabrication; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Power dissipation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0457-0

Type

conf

Filename

6533105