ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATOR WITH PASSIVE WAVE-GUIDE SPOTSIZE CONVERTERS

Authors
KOREN U BENMICHAEL R MILLER BI YOUNG MG CHIEN M YAFFE HH RAYBON G DREYER K
Citation
U. Koren et al., ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATOR WITH PASSIVE WAVE-GUIDE SPOTSIZE CONVERTERS, Electronics Letters, 30(22), 1994, pp. 1852-1853
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
30
Issue
22
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1852 - 1853
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1994)30:22<1852:EMWPWS>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The authors demonstrate an electroabsorption modulator operating at 1. 55 mu m wavelength, which is integrated with passive waveguide gradual ly tapered spotsize transformers allowing a low loss coupling to cleav ed flat optical fibres. The modulator has 10.1dB total fibre to fibre insertion loss with 15dB extinction ratio and 300 Angstrom spectral ra nge. The modulator polarisation sensitivity is lower than 0.5dB.