Title :
InP MZ modulator with engineered transfer function for 1.5x bandwidth enhancement and Nyquist shaping
Author :
Alessandro Aimone;Gerrit Fiol;Marko Gruner;Martin Schell
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer - HHI, 10587 Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
A segmented modulator which shapes the optical spectrum of the modulated signal is presented. 1.5-fold bandwidth enhancement of driving electronics is shown. 40 Gb/s eye and error-free transmission over 9 km SSFM are measured. Advantage over standard modulators is demonstrated.
Keywords :
"Bandwidth","Optical modulation","Optical transmitters","Optical variables measurement","Lithium niobate","Transfer functions"
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341852
