Title :
Ultra high-speed segmented traveling-wave electroabsorption modulators
Author :
Lewen, R. ; Irmscher, S. ; Westergren, U. ; Thylén, L. ; Eriksson, U.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microelectron. & Inf. Technol., R. Inst. of Technol., Kista, Sweden
Abstract :
We present segmented traveling-wave electroabsorption modulators matched to 50 Ω. The devices show excellent high frequency performance up to 50 GHz, and exhibit a maximum model-extrapolated 3dBe bandwidth of 95 GHz. Clear eye openings at 50 Gbit/s are presented.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; optical waveguides; 50 GHz; 50 Gbit/s; 95 GHz; clear eye openings; maximum model-extrapolation; segmented traveling-wave electroabsorption modulators; ultra high-speed; waveguide modulators; Capacitance; Electrodes; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Impedance; Microstrip; Optical buffering; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248619
