Four-channel arrayed polarization independent EA modulator with an IPF carrier operating at 10 Gb/s

Authors
Tsuzuki, K Kawaguchi, Y Kondo, S Noguchi, Y Yoshimoto, N Takeuchi, H Hosoya, M Yanagibashi, M
Citation
K. Tsuzuki et al., Four-channel arrayed polarization independent EA modulator with an IPF carrier operating at 10 Gb/s, IEEE PHOTON, 12(3), 2000, pp. 281-283
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
ISSN journal
10411135 → ACNP
Volume
12
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
281 - 283
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(200003)12:3<281:FAPIEM>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We have developed a four-channel 10-Gb/s electroabsorption modulator array, We have introduced an innovative technique with an impedance-matched film (IPF) carrier to feed the electrical driving signal. The IPF carrier is mad e of an insulating polyimide film on which a coplanar waveguide is formed. We have achieved 10-Gb/s operation for all channels with clear eye opening and with negligibly small crosstalk, Polarization independence is confirmed for each arrayed channel.