• DocumentCode
    3701034
  • Title

    A performance comparison of single-ended- and differential driving scheme at 64 Gbit/s QPSK modulation for InP-based IQ-Mach-Zehnder modulators in serial-push-pull configuration

  • Author

    M. Rausch;N. Wolf;L. Yan;K.-O. Velthaus;D. Hoffmann;M. Gruner;M. Schell

  • Author_Institution
    Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, HHI, Berlin, Germany
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We show the positive impact of differential driving on the optical QPSK signal performance. For the first time, an EVM of <;6% at 32 GBd QPSK has been achieved for a low power InP-IQM design, enabling small form factor transmitters.
  • Keywords
    "Phase shift keying","Optical modulation","Optical transmitters","Indium phosphide","III-V semiconductor materials","Frequency modulation"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341728
  • Filename
    7341728