Title :
High-speed linear analog multiple quantum well electroabsorption modulator integrated with MMI couplers
Author :
M. Shin;J. Lim;C.Y. Park;J. Kim;J.S. Kim;K.E. Pyun;S. Hong
Author_Institution :
Telecommun. Basic Res. Lab., ETRI, Taejon, South Korea
Abstract :
We fabricated an electroabsorption modulator consisting of 14 pairs of InGaAsP/InGaAsP strain-compensated multiple quantum well and integrated with a butt-coupled passive waveguide. The observed extinction ratio was 16 dB at 1.53 /spl mu/m and the bandwidth was over 20 GHz.
Keywords :
"Couplers","Quantum well devices","Optical distortion","Optical waveguides","Fiber nonlinear optics","High speed optical techniques","Optical modulation","Amplitude modulation","Bandwidth","Chirp modulation"
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 1999. MWP ´99. International Topical Meeting on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5558-X
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.1999.819644
