Title :
Controlling the chirp in electroabsorption modulators under digital modulation
Author :
White, Ian H. ; Gibbon, M.A. ; Penty, Richard V. ; Thompson, G.H.B. ; Armistead, C.J.
fDate :
11/24/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Time-resolved chirp measurements are presented for multiquantum well electroabsorption modulator which are in good agreement with Kramers-Kronig calculations. The device delivers negative chirp by control of both the operating wavelength and electrical drive
Keywords :
Kramers-Kronig relations; chirp modulation; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; refractive index; semiconductor quantum wells; Kramers-Kronig calculations; MQW electroabsorption modulators; chirp control; digital modulation; electrical drive control; multiquantum well; negative chirp; operating wavelength control; time-resolved chirp measurements;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19941402
