Title :
Chirp characterization of a single-arm asymmetric silicon carrier depletion modulator
Author :
Gutierrez, A.M. ; Sanchis, Pablo ; Brimont, Antoine ; Thomson, David J. ; Gardes, Frederic Y. ; Reed, Graham T. ; Fedeli, J.-M. ; Vidal, Borja
Author_Institution :
Nanophotonics Technol. Center, Univ. Politec. Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Abstract :
The chirp of a CMOS-compatible integrated external modulator based on carrier depletion in an asymmetric Mach-Zehnder structure has been determined from microwave carrier suppression measurements. Chirp control can be used for dispersion penalty reduction in silicon-based radio-over-fiber links and hybrid wireless/wireline passive access networks.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optoelectronics; microwave photonics; optical modulation; silicon; CMOS-compatible integrated external modulator; asymmetric Mach-Zehnder structure; chirp characterization; dispersion penalty reduction; hybrid wireless/wireline passive access networks; microwave carrier suppression measurements; silicon-based radio-over-fiber links; single-arm asymmetric silicon carrier depletion modulator; Chirp; Modulation; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Photonics; Silicon; chirp; microwave photonics; modulator; photonic integrated circuits; silicon photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2013 International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Alexandria, VA
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2013.6724048
