Novel planar structure single-RF drive MZ optical modulator on InP(110) substrate

Author

Ogiso, Y. ; Arai, Manabu ; Yamada, Eiji ; Tanobe, Hiromasa ; Shibata, Yoshitaka ; Kohtoku, M.

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2013

fDate

19-23 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A MZ optical modulator (MZM) with a novel planar structure was proposed. A single-RF drive push-pull MZM with a simple coplanar waveguide (CPW) was fabricated by utilizing a (110)-oriented InP substrate in terms of the crystallographic orientation dependence of the electro-optic Pockels effect. The device exhibits a 3 dB-EO bandwidth of 30 GHz and 40 Gb/s NRZ high speed modulation.

Keywords

Pockels effect; coplanar waveguides; crystal orientation; optical fabrication; optical modulation; optical planar waveguides; (110)-oriented InP substrate; CPW; InP; NRZ high speed modulation; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; coplanar waveguide; crystallographic orientation dependence; device bandwidth; electro-optic Pockels effect; frequency 30 GHz; planar structure single-RF drive MZ optical modulator; push-pull MZM; Electrodes; Electrooptical waveguides; Indium phosphide; Modulation; Optical device fabrication; Substrates; InP(110); MZ Modulator;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Indium Phosphide and Related Materials (IPRM), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kobe

ISSN

1092-8669

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6130-9

Electronic_ISBN

1092-8669

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIPRM.2013.6562569

Filename

6562569