Low driving voltage InP-based Mach-Zehnder modulators for compact 128 Gb/s DP-QPSK module

Hideki Yagi,Takamitsu Kitamura,Naoya Kono,Hirohiko Kobayashi,Naoko Inoue,Kazuhiko Horino,Daisuke Kimura,Kosuke Fujii,Yoshihiro Yoneda,Chie Fukuda,Hajime Shoji

Low driving voltage InP-based Mach-Zehnder modulators for compact 128 Gb/s DP-QPSK module

2013

Hideki Yagi
Takamitsu Kitamura
Naoya Kono
Hirohiko Kobayashi
Naoko Inoue
Kazuhiko Horino
Daisuke Kimura
Kosuke Fujii
Yoshihiro Yoneda
Chie Fukuda
Hajime Shoji

We demonstrated the InP-based DP-QPSK modulator monolithically integrated with four Mach-Zehnder modulators planarized by the benzocyclobutene polymer. Clear eye-opening under 32 Gb/s operation was successfully achieved in all of four Mach-Zehnder modulators at a low driving voltage of 1.8 Vpp.

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Physics
Scanning electron microscope
Mach–Zehnder interferometer
Benzocyclobutene
Optics
Phase-shift keying
Voltage
Modulation
Polarization mode dispersion
Optoelectronics
integrated optics

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