Open Access56 Gbit/s OOK transmission with 20 GHz electronics by resonating segmented electrode InP Mach–Zehnder modulator
Author(s) -
Aimone A.,
Fiol G.,
Gruner M.,
Schell M.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1350-911X
pISSN - 0013-5194
DOI - 10.1049/el.2015.3031
Subject(s) - gigabit , electro optic modulator , bandwidth (computing) , keying , optics , transmission (telecommunications) , physics , signal (programming language) , optoelectronics , materials science , optical modulator , electronic engineering , electrical engineering , telecommunications , phase modulation , engineering , computer science , phase noise , programming language
A resonating segmented Mach–Zehnder modulator with peaking transfer function is designed and fabricated in InP. The modulator is able to transmit a 56 Gbit/s on–off keying signal although the driver is limited to 20 GHz bandwidth. Bit error ratio over dispersion and optical signal‐to‐noise ratio are measured and show substantial advantage over their non‐resonating counterparts.