Investigation of the capacitance of integrated DFB-EAMs with shared active layer for 40 GHz bandwidth

Author

Peschke, M. ; Saravanan, B. ; Hanke, C. ; Knödl, T. ; Stegmüller, B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Optoelectronics, Ulm Univ., Germany

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

7-11 Nov. 2004

Firstpage

673

Abstract

Electro absorption modulators (EAM )integrated with distributed feedback (DFB) lasers are attractive light sources for modulation speeds up to 40 Gbps. A model was developed that considers intrinsic carrier phenomena and extrinsic parasitics of a DFB-EAM. With this model, the small signal measurements could be verified and design rules were identified. Simulation results are in excellent agreement with measured data and allow for detailed insight in carrier pile-up and field spreading related effects. By design optimization, the 3 dB bandwidth of the devise was boosted from 18 GHz to 41 GHz.

Keywords

capacitance; distributed feedback lasers; electro-optical modulation; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical design techniques; optimisation; semiconductor lasers; 18 GHz; 3 dB; 40 GHz; 41 GHz; capacitance; carrier pile-up; design optimization; distributed feedback lasers; electroabsorption modulators; extrinsic parasitics; field spreading effects; integrated DFB-EAM; intrinsic carrier phenomena; light sources; Absorption; Bandwidth; Distributed feedback devices; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Light sources; Optical modulation; Parasitic capacitance; Signal design; Signal processing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8557-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363418

Filename

1363418