High-Speed Silicon-Organic Hybrid (SOH) Modulators
Conference: ECOC 2016 - 42nd European Conference on Optical Communication
09/18/2016 - 09/22/2016 at Düsseldorf, Deutschland
Proceedings: ECOC 2016
Pages: 3Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Wolf, S.; Zwickel, H.; Freude, W. (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics, Karlsruhe, Germany)
Hartmann, W. (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics, Karlsruhe, Germany & Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT), Karlsruhe, Germany & Physikalisches Institut, University of Münster, Muenster, Germany)
Lauermann, M. (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics, Karlsruhe, Germany & Infinera Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, USA)
Kutuvantavida, Y.; Kieninger, C.; Koos, C. (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics, Karlsruhe, Germany & Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT), Karlsruhe, Germany)
Abstract:
We report on recent progress in high-speed SOH modulators. We demonstrate generation of 100 Gbit/s on-off-keying (OOK) and 252 Gbit/s 16QAM signals, as well as amplifier-less, DAC-less 16QAM signaling at peak-to-peak voltages 0.4 Vpp. Thermal stability at 80deg C was shown.