20 GBIT S HIGH-PERFORMANCE INTEGRATED MQW TANDEM MODULATORS AND AMPLIFIER FOR SOLITON GENERATION AND CODING/

Authors
SOULI N DEVAUX F RAMDANE A KRAUZ P OUGAZZADEN A HUET F CARRE M KERDILES JF HENRY M AUBIN G JEANNEY E MONTALLANT T MOULU J NORTIER B THOMINE JB
Citation
N. Souli et al., 20 GBIT S HIGH-PERFORMANCE INTEGRATED MQW TANDEM MODULATORS AND AMPLIFIER FOR SOLITON GENERATION AND CODING/, IEEE photonics technology letters, 7(6), 1995, pp. 629-631
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
7
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
629 - 631
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1995)7:6<629:2GSHIM>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
We report on the integration of two InGaAsP-InGaAsP MQW electrosorptio n ridge modulators and an amplifier on the same active layer. The two modulators are separated by a 500-mu m ridge waveguide optical amplifi er, in order to prevent electrical crosstalk, and to compensate for op tical losses. The first modulator is used as a soliton generator, and the second codes the generated pulses. The amplifier showed 8.2-dB gai n for 120-mA injected current. This allowed a low fiber to fiber inser tion loss of 9 dB for the tandem. We present here for the first time t o our knowledge, a 20 Gbit/s operation for a tandem-amplifier device, together with transmission experiments.