Title :
40Gbps, 3-bit operation of a semiconductor optical digital-to-analog converter
Author :
Sawada, Kengo ; Uenohara, Hiroyuki
Author_Institution :
P&I Lab., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate 40 Gbps, 3-bit-operation of a semiconductor optical digital-to-analog converter consisting of MMI couplers and delay lines. We achieved output with 7-level amplitude with fixed phase successfully for the first time.
Keywords :
digital-analogue conversion; integrated optoelectronics; optical couplers; optical delay lines; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; delay lines; multimode interference couplers; semiconductor optical digital-to-analog converter; word length 3 bit; Delay lines; Digital-analog conversion; Energy consumption; High speed optical techniques; Indium phosphide; Integrated optics; Optical packet switching; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
