Title :
100-Gbit/s amplitude and phase modulation characterization of a single-drive, low-Vπ polymer Mach-Zehnder modulator
Author :
Huang, Hao ; Yang, Jeng-Yuan ; Yue, Yang ; Ren, Yongxiong ; Nuicco, Scott R. ; Dinu, Raluca ; Parekh, Devang ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
A polymer single-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator is experimentally characterized using 100-Gbit/s serial data modulation. BER of 10-9 is achieved for both 100-Gbit/s NRZ-OOK and NRZ-DPSK signals without optical or electrical equalization. The modulator shows a 7-dB bandwidth at 110-GHz and the chirp as low as -0.0219 GHz. © 2012 Optical Society of America.
Keywords :
amplitude modulation; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; phase modulation; NRZ-DPSK signal; NRZ-OOK signal; amplitude modulation; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; phase modulation; polymer Mach-Zehnder modulator; serial data modulation; single drive; Adaptive optics; Bandwidth; Optical attenuators; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical variables measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
