• DocumentCode
    608382
  • 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
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    17-21 March 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6532522