Title :
20-Gbps BPSK silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator with excellent chirp-free performance
Author :
Goi, Kazuhiro ; Oda, Kenji ; Kusaka, Hiroyuki ; Ogawa, Kensuke ; Liow, Tsung-Yang ; Tu, Xiaoguang ; Lo, Guo-Qiang
Author_Institution :
Opt. & Electron. Lab., Fujikura Ltd., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
20-Gbps NRZ-BPSK operation using silicon MZM is demonstrated with excellent chirp-free performance. Obtained α-parameter of the modulator is -0.05, and the low chirp modulation under push-pull operation is observed.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; chirp modulation; elemental semiconductors; phase shift keying; silicon; α-parameter; BPSK silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator; NRZ-BPSK operation; Si; bit rate 20 Gbit/s; chirp modulation; chirp-free performance; push-pull operation; Binary phase shift keying; Chirp; Constellation diagram; Frequency modulation; Silicon; Trajectory;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2166-8884
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276459
