O-band Reflective Electroabsorption Modulator for 50 Gb/s NRZ and PAM-4 Colorless Transmission

Kebede Atra,Giancarlo Cerulo,Jean-Guy Provost,Filipe Jorge,F. Blache,Karim Mekhazni,A. Garreau,F. Pommereau,Carmen Gomez,Catherine Fortin,Cédric Ware,Didier Erasme,F. Mallecot,Mohand Achouche

O-band Reflective Electroabsorption Modulator for 50 Gb/s NRZ and PAM-4 Colorless Transmission

2020

Kebede Atra
Giancarlo Cerulo
Jean-Guy Provost
Filipe Jorge
F. Blache
Karim Mekhazni
A. Garreau
F. Pommereau
Carmen Gomez
Catherine Fortin
Cédric Ware
Didier Erasme
F. Mallecot
Mohand Achouche

we present a 50 Gb/s O-band reflective electroabsorption modulator operating in both non-return-to-zero (NRZ) and PAM-4 modulation formats without equalization. We obtained >9 dB NRZ dynamic extinction ratio for a peak-to-peak voltage of 2.4 V.

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Modulation
Optics
Engineering
Voltage
Extinction ratio
Equalization (audio)

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