Title :
Reflective Silicon Mach Zehnder Modulator With Faraday Rotator Mirror effect for self-coherent transmission
Author :
Menezo, Sylvie ; Charbonnier, B. ; de Farias, G. Beninca ; Thomson, D. ; Grosse, P. ; Myko, A. ; Fedeli, J.M. ; Ben Bakir, B. ; Reed, Graham T. ; Lebreton, A.
Author_Institution :
DOPT, CEA, Grenoble, France
Abstract :
An all-Silicon Reflective Mach Zehnder Modulator (Si-R-MZM) is proposed, providing the Faraday Rotator Mirror effect for achieving simple coherent demodulation. The Si-R-MZM is analytically described and measurements are made to assess the transmission performances.
Keywords :
Faraday effect; demodulation; modulators; optical fibre networks; Faraday rotator mirror effect; Si-R-MZM; coherent demodulation; generations passive optical networks; reflective silicon Mach Zehnder modulator; self coherent transmission; silicon reflective Mach Zehnder modulator; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical polarization; Optical reflection;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
