Modulation characteristics of semiconductor Mach-Zehnder optical modulators

被引：22

作者：

Lawetz, C ^{[1
]}

Cartledge, JC ^{[1
]}

Rolland, C ^{[1
]}

Yu, J ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] QUEENS UNIV,DEPT ELECT & COMP ENGN,KINGSTON,ON K7L 3N6,CANADA

来源：

JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY | 1997年 / 15卷 / 04期

基金：

加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;

关键词：

Mach-Zehnder modulator; modulator chip; semiconductor optical modulator;

D O I：

10.1109/50.566692

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

The transmission and chirp characteristics are described for two types of semiconductor Mach-Zehnder modulators, distinguished by the differential phase shift between the two arms of the interferometer in the unbiased state. The conventional modulator has a differential phase shift of 0 radians, while the pi-shift modulator has a differential phase shift of pi radians. The nonlinear dependence on the applied voltage of the attenuation and phase constants of the optical signal propagating in the p-i-n waveguide leads to different characteristics for the two modulators. The influence of the splitting ratio of the Y-junctions is considered for single-arm and dual-arm (push-pull) modulation formats. The pi-shift modulator is shown to yield better transmission performance for 10 Gb/s systems compared to the conventional modulator.

引用

页码：697 / 703

页数：7

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