Title :
Ultrafast optical sampling gate monolithically integrating a PD and EAM
Author :
Kodama, S. ; Shimizu, T. ; Yoshimatsu, T. ; Yoshino, K. ; Furuta, T. ; Ito, H.
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
fDate :
5/27/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Optical sampling using an ultrafast monolithic optical gate integrating a photodiode (PD) and an electroabsorption modulator (EAM) has been demonstrated. Using this system, the fixed data and eye patterns of 80 Gbit/s return-to-zero signals were successfully observed.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optoelectronics; photodiodes; signal sampling; 80 Gbit/s; electroabsorption modulator; eye patterns; optical sampling; optical signals; photodiode; ultrafast monolithic optical gate integration;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20040469
