A Hybrid Photonic-Integrated Electroabsorption Modulator Device for 50-Gb/s DQPSK generation
25 May 2008
We report a compact hybrid photonic-integrated optical device consisting of AlGaInAs/InP electroabsorption modulators and a four-arm silica-on-silicon planar lightwave circuit optical interferometer. We use the device to generate 50-Gb/s NRZ-DQPSK signal with excellent performances comparable to those of the commercial lithium niobate DQPSK modulators, while requiring only 2.5Vpp drive signals
