Optimum operating point of semiconductor Mach-Zehnder modulators for 10 Gb/s transmission

Author

Cartledge, John C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Queen´´s Univ., Kingston, Ont., Canada

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

10-13 Nov 1997

Firstpage

293

Abstract

Optimization of the bias and modulation voltages applied to conventional (0-shift) and π-shift MQW semiconductor Mach-Zehnder optical modulators is considered for 10 Gb/s transmission systems based on non-dispersion shifted fiber. The implications of self-phase modulation are considered for single- and dual-arm modulation

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; optical communication equipment; optimisation; phase modulation; semiconductor quantum wells; π-shift MQW semiconductor Mach-Zehnder optical modulators; π-shift semiconductor Mach-Zehnder optical modulators; 10 Gbit/s; Gb/s transmission; Gb/s transmission systems; bias voltages; dual-arm modulation; modulation voltages; non-dispersion shifted fiber; optimum operating point; self-phase modulation; semiconductor Mach-Zehnder modulators; single-arm modulation; Chirp modulation; Dispersion; Electrooptic modulators; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; PIN photodiodes; System performance; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3895-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1997.630631

Filename

630631