Characterisation of a MQW electroabsorption modulator as an all-optical demultiplexer

Author

Oxenlowe, Leif K. ; Romstad, F. ; Tersigni, A. ; Hojfeldt, S. ; Yvind, K. ; Skovgaard, P.M.W. ; Hoppe, K. ; Hanberg, J.

Author_Institution

COM, Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

36

Abstract

A detailed experimental investigation of the all-optical switching properties of an InGaAsP MQW electroabsorption modulator has been performed. Using high pump pulse energies and high reverse bias settings, switching windows were demonstrated with extinction ratios up to 25 dB and widths down to 10 ps, possibly facilitating 100/10 Gb/s demultiplexing

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; demultiplexing equipment; electro-optical modulation; electro-optical switches; electroabsorption; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; optical communication equipment; semiconductor quantum wells; 10 Gbit/s; 10 ps; 100 Gbit/s; EAM; InGaAsP; InGaAsP MQW electroabsorption modulator; all-optical switching properties; demultiplexing; high pump pulse energies; high reverse bias settings; switching windows; Absorption; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Probes; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Quantum well devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7105-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2001.969160

Filename

969160