Advances in InP Mach-Zehnder modulators for large capacity photonic network systems
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Yasaka, Hiroshi; Tsuzuki, Ken; Kikuchi, Nobuhiro; Ishikawa, Nobuteru; Yasui, Takako; Shibata, Yasuo
- Source
- 2008 20th International Conference on Indium Phosphide and Related Materials Indium Phosphide and Related Materials, 2008. IPRM 2008. 20th International Conference on. :1-5 May, 2008
- Subject
- Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Photonics and Electrooptics
Indium phosphide
Optical waveguides
Optical modulation
Optical interferometry
High speed optical techniques
Electrodes
Low voltage
Tunable circuits and devices
Light sources
Optical fiber communication
Semiconductor Mach-Zehnder modulator
InP DQPSK modulator
Monolithic integration
- Language
- ISSN
- 1092-8669
Compact 40 Gbit/s InP Mach-Zehnder (MZ) modulator with low Vπ is demonstrated by introducing new waveguide structure. An InP DQPSK modulator is also realized by monolithically integrating the MZ modulators into a compact MZ interferometer, and 80 Gbit/s operation is confirmed.