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

fYear

2013

fDate

28-31 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

174

Lastpage

177

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2013 International Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

Alexandria, VA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2013.6724048

Filename

6724048