Full C-band 40-Gbit/s DPSK modulation using lossless InP n-p-i-n Mach-Zehnder modulator monolithically integrated with SOA

Nobuhiro Kikuchi,Yasuo Shibata,Ken Tsuzuki,Takako Yasui,Mitsuteru Ishikawa,Hiroyuki Ishii,Masakazu Arai,Tomonari Sato,Yoshihiro Kawaguchi,Fumiyoshi Kano

Full C-band 40-Gbit/s DPSK modulation using lossless InP n-p-i-n Mach-Zehnder modulator monolithically integrated with SOA

2009

Nobuhiro Kikuchi
Yasuo Shibata
Ken Tsuzuki
Takako Yasui
Mitsuteru Ishikawa
Hiroyuki Ishii
Masakazu Arai
Tomonari Sato
Yoshihiro Kawaguchi
Fumiyoshi Kano

A traveling-wave-electrode InP n-p-i-n Mach-Zehnder modulator monolithically integrated with a semiconductor optical amplifier was developed. Loss-less operation and full C-band 40-Gbit/s DPSK modulation with a low driving voltage of 3 Vpp was successfully demonstrated.

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Waveguide (optics)
Lossless compression
C band
Gigabit
Electro-optic modulator
Optical amplifier
Phase modulation
Optics
Electronic engineering
Modulation
Engineering
Low voltage
Indium phosphide

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