• DocumentCode
    3610173
  • 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
  • Volume
    51
  • Issue
    23
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1897
  • Lastpage
    1898
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2015.3031
  • Filename
    7323982