4.7 Article

Reflective Electroabsorption Modulators for Beyond 25 Gb/s Colorless Transmissions

Journal

JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 39, Issue 15, Pages 5035-5041

Publisher

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2021.3079987

Keywords

Optical waveguides; Optical reflection; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Optical transmitters; Optical network units; Integrated optics; Optical fibers; Chirp; colorless transmitter; electroabsorption modulator; reflective EAM-SOA

Funding

  1. European Union [722429]
  2. Marie Curie Actions (MSCA) [722429] Funding Source: Marie Curie Actions (MSCA)

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This research provides a comprehensive characterization of reflective electroabsorption modulators (EAMs) integrated with semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) for high-speed data transmission in the C-band. The results demonstrate that these devices can achieve high-quality transmission and perform well at 25 Gb/s in the C-band.
We present a complete characterization of reflective electroabsorption modulators (EAMs) monolithically integrated with semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs), components that are capable of operating beyond 50 Gb/s in the C-band. The devices are based on GaInAsP multiple quantum wells on InP substrate, leveraging semi-insulating buried heterostructure waveguide definition and butt-joint integration technologies. Different device configurations, based on 80- and 150-mu m long EAMs, are fabricated and characterized in both static and dynamic modes. The frequency response of the 80 mu m long EAM is still flat at 26.5 GHz (setup upper limit) whereas the 150 mu m long EAM exhibits a 3-dB cutoff bandwidth of 23 GHz. A zero-chirp is achieved for EAM reverse bias voltages between -1.2 and -1.5 V depending on the wavelength. Under large-signal modulation, the frequency chirp induced by the shorter EAM is almost half that of the longer EAM, with their respective peak values being +1.5/-2 and +3.2/-3.7 GHz (rising/falling edges) at 1545 nm (-1.3 V bias, 2.6 V voltage swing). We obtained high dynamic extinction ratios of similar to 14.5 and similar to 8 dB from the longer and the shorter EAMs, respectively, when they are operated at 25 Gb/s using non-return-to-zero coding. Finally, we achieved 12 and 16 km colorless transmissions in the C-band (between 1530 and 1545 nm) over a standard single-mode fiber without equalization using the 150- and the 80 mu m EAMs, respectively, with 4.5 and 2.5 dB dispersion penalties at a bit error rate of 10(-3).

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