Over 67 GHz bandwidth hybrid silicon electroabsorption modulator with asymmetric segmented electrode for 1.3 μm transmission

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 11529-11535

  Tang, Yongbo ^a   Peters, Jonathan D ^a   Bowers, John E ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EXTINCTION;

3 DB BANDWIDTH; BACK TO BACK TRANSMISSION; DRIVE VOLTAGE; EXTINCTION RATIOS; HYBRID SILICON; LARGE-SIGNALS; MODULATION RESPONSE; OPEN EYE DIAGRAMS; SEGMENTED ELECTRODES; TRANSMISSION WINDOW;

ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS;

EID: 84861131733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.011529     Document Type: Article

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