Title :
42.7-Gb/s Modulation with a Compact InP Mach-Zehnder Transmitter
Author :
Winzer, P.J. ; Chandrasekhar, S. ; Doerr, C.R. ; Neilson, D.T. ; Adamiecki, A. ; Griffin, R.A.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies, 791 Holmdel-Keyport Rd., Holmdel, NJ 07733, USA, winzer@lucent.com
Abstract :
We demonstrate 42.7-Gb/s operation of a compact InP Mach-Zehnder transmitter designed for 10.7 Gb/s. Despite the modulator´s steep frequency roll-off beyond 15 GHz, both optical duobinary modulation and optically equalized non return-to-zero yield excellent performance.
Keywords :
Bandwidth; Indium phosphide; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical scattering; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801156
