New nonlinear electrical modeling of high-speed electroabsorption modulators for 40 Gb/s optical networks

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 880-887

  Deshours, Frédérique ^a   Algani, Catherine ^b   Blache, Fabrice ^c   Alquié, Georges ^a   Kazmierski, Christophe ^c   Jany, Christophe ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Unité de Recherches Mesures Physiques Métrologie   (France)

^c ALCATEL THALES III V LAB   (France)

Author keywords

Electroabsorption modulator (EAM); electrooptical (E O) response; extinction ratio (ER); eye diagram

Indexed keywords

40 GB/S; DC BIAS; ELECTRICAL MODELING; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; ELECTROOPTICAL (E/O) RESPONSE; EXTINCTION RATIOS; EYE DIAGRAMS; EYE-DIAGRAM; FREQUENCY RANGES; HIGH-SPEED; HIGH-SPEED APPLICATIONS; LARGE-SIGNAL MODULATION; LARGE-SIGNALS; MODELING METHOD; NON-LINEARITY; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; OPTICAL NETWORKS; OPTICAL POWER; SIMULATION MODEL; SMALL-SIGNAL MODULATION RESPONSE; SPECIFIC DESIGN; TEMPORAL BEHAVIOR;

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODULATORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS;

EID: 79952417231     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2106110     Document Type: Article

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