DocumentCode
3116680
Title
Monolithic integration of a 10 Gb/s Mach-Zehnder modulator and a widely tunable laser based on a 2-ring loop-filter
Author
Okamoto, T. ; Mizutani, K. ; Tsuruoka, K. ; Sudo, S. ; Sato, M. ; Kudo, K. ; Kato, T. ; Sato, K.
Author_Institution
Nanoelectron. Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Otsu, Japan
fYear
2010
fDate
May 31 2010-June 4 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
A 10-Gb/s Mach-Zehnder modulator is monolithically integrated with a tunable laser source based on a 2-ring loop-filter with a small device dimension (2.5 × 0.9 mm2). Sufficient static extinction ratio of 16.5 dB was obtained both at 1573.92 and 1595.50 nm.
Keywords
integrated optics; laser tuning; optical communication equipment; optical filters; optical modulation; ring lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Mach-Zehnder modulator; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; loop filter; monolithic integration; wavelength 1573.92 nm; wavelength 1595.50 nm; widely tunable laser; Distributed feedback devices; Monolithic integrated circuits; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical ring resonators; Optical transmitters; Resonator filters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Tunable circuits and devices;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Indium Phosphide & Related Materials (IPRM), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Kagawa
ISSN
1092-8669
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5919-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICIPRM.2010.5516233
Filename
5516233
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