SILICON MODULATOR BASED ON MECHANICALLY-ACTIVE ANTIREFLECTION LAYER WITH 1 MBIT/SEC CAPABILITY FOR FIBER-IN-THE-LOOP APPLICATIONS

被引:48
作者
GOOSSEN, KW [1 ]
WALKER, JA [1 ]
ARNEY, SC [1 ]
机构
[1] AT&T BELL LABS,MURRAY HILL,NJ 07974
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D O I
10.1109/68.324686
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
We present a micromechanical modulator for fiber-in-the-loop applications with projected optical bandwidths from 1.3 to 1.55 mum and data rates of several Mbits/sec. The device behaves as a damped oscillator. We have made a device with a ringing frequency of 1.1 MHz and a damping time constant of 1 mus. We indicate that with an appropriate linear filter the device could operate digitally with data rates of 1 Mbit/sec.
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页码:1119 / 1121
页数:3
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