Title :
25-Gbps operation of silicon p-i-n Mach-Zehnder optical modulator with 100-μm-long phase shifter
Author :
Baba, T. ; Akiyama, S. ; Imai, M. ; Akagawa, T. ; Takahashi, M. ; Hirayama, N. ; Takahashi, H. ; Noguchi, Y. ; Okayama, H. ; Horikawa, T. ; Usuki, T.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Electron. Technol. Res. Assoc. (PETRA), Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
We developed a high-speed Mach-Zehnder modulator with the shortest phase shifter (100-μm length) reported so far. Our modulator exhibited 25-Gbps eye-openings with an extinction ratio of 4.3 dB and on-chip insertion loss of 4.7 dB.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; extinction coefficients; integrated optoelectronics; optical losses; optical modulation; optical phase shifters; silicon; Si; bit rate 25 Gbit/s; extinction ratio; eye-opening diagrams; on-chip insertion loss; phase shifter; silicon p-i-n Mach-Zehnder optical modulator; size 100 mum; High speed optical techniques; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Phase shifters; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
