Title :
Low-Detuning Operation of Electroabsorption Modulator as a Zero-Bias Optical Transceiver for Picocell Radio-Over-Fiber Applications
Author :
Shin, D.-S. ; Kim, W.R. ; Woo, S.-K. ; Shim, J.I.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Hanyang Univ., Ansan
fDate :
6/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We examined the effect of low detuning when the electroabsorption modulator was operated as an optical transceiver for passive picocell applications. By changing the light wavelength from 1550 to 1536 nm for low detuning between the light and the exciton-peak wavelengths, we were able to operate this electroabsorption transceiver (EAT) at zero bias with the performance similar to what could be obtained under external bias. Frequency response of the EAT was also examined to show very little degradation with the zero-bias operation.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; frequency response; optical receivers; optical transmitters; picocellular radio; radio-over-fibre; transceivers; electroabsorption modulator; electroabsorption transceiver; exciton-peak wavelengths; frequency response; light wavelength; low-detuning operation; picocell radio-over-fiber; wavelength 1536 nm to 1550 nm; zero-bias optical transceiver; Degradation; Detectors; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical waveguides; Photodetectors; Radio frequency; Transceivers; Electroabsorption (EA); optical fiber communication; optoelectronic devices; photodetectors;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2008.922916
