A hybrid electroabsorption modulator device for generation of high spectral-efficiency optical modulation formats

Opt Express. 2008 Jun 9;16(12):8480-6. doi: 10.1364/oe.16.008480.

Abstract

We report a novel hybrid integrated optic device consisting of AlGaInAs/InP electroabsorption modulators and a four-arm silica-on-silicon planar lightwave circuit optical interferometer. The device is designed for generation of high spectral efficiency optical modulation formats. We demonstrate generation of 21.4 Gb/s quadrature phase shift keyed optical signals with electrical data drives of 2V(pp) amplitudes, achieving a bit error rate of 10(-9) with the required optical signal to noise ratio of ~18 dB in a 0.1 nm resolution bandwidth.

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Electronics / instrumentation*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Light
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Optics and Photonics / instrumentation*
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation*
  • Transducers*