Title :
56 Gbit/s OOK transmission with 20 GHz electronics by resonating segmented electrode InP Mach–Zehnder modulator
Author :
Aimone, A. ; Fiol, G. ; Gruner, M. ; Schell, M.
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer - Heinrich-Hertz-Inst., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
A resonating segmented Mach-Zehnder modulator with peaking transfer function is designed and fabricated in InP. The modulator is able to transmit a 56 Gbit/s on-off keying signal although the driver is limited to 20 GHz bandwidth. Bit error ratio over dispersion and optical signal-to-noise ratio are measured and show substantial advantage over their non-resonating counterparts.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; amplitude shift keying; indium compounds; optical communication; optical modulation; InP; OOK transmission; bit error ratio; bit rate 56 Gbit/s; frequency 20 GHz; on-off keying signal; optical signal-to-noise ratio; peaking transfer function; resonating segmented electrode Mach-Zehnder modulator;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2015.3031
