Title :
Interferometric Operation of an Electroabsorption Modulator for PSK Modulation and OOK Modulation with Performance Enhancements
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs ¿ Lucent Technologies, Holmdel, NJ 07733, inukkang@lucent.com
Abstract :
We present interferometric operation of an electroabsorption modulator. We demonstrate 40-Gb/s PSK modulation, and up to 8.7 dB improvement in extinction ratio in 40-Gb/s OOK modulation with 0.8V driving voltage using a single electroabsorption modulator.
Keywords :
Amplitude modulation; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Extinction ratio; Lighting control; Low voltage; Optical polarization; Phase shift keying; Stimulated emission; Tellurium;
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.2006.4801252
